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Vignette of a Civil War officer, original CDV by Vance successors Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco Dimensions are 4″ x 2.5″. Light foxing; upper-right corner is lightly dinged. Custer gettysburg general famous grant sherman lee confederate union military uniform rare army officer general.

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Vignette of a Civil War officer, original CDV by Vance successors Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco Dimensions are 4″ x 2.5″. Light foxing; upper-right corner is lightly dinged. Custer gettysburg general famous grant sherman lee confederate union military uniform rare army officer general.

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Leather photo album and 62 original photographs included, mostly cabinet cards and CDVs, with some tintypes and a couple of smaller formats.. All dating back to the Civil War period to about circa 1890. All but a couple or few are from California cities, including Colusa, Sacramento, San Francisco, Woodland, Santa Rosa, Marysville, Napa and San Jose. Although not identified, the man and woman in listing picture #4, upper left corner, appear to be William Byas Gibson and his wife Mary, so some of the people could be members of the Gibson family. The Gibson Mansion still stands and is a museum in Woodland, California (more info can be found on Wikipedia). The ID’d man, Dr. Hallam, is buried in Brownsville, Texas, so there could be a Texas connection as well; two of Hallam’s brothers are buried in California. The album is missing its clasp and there is some damage to the leather on the spine. The inside is in very good to excellent antique condition. The vast majority of photos are in very good or excellent antique condition, with a handful having some issues.

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Original CDV of a Civil War soldier with his kepi and a book or diary on a prop railing besides him. Unfortunately the back is blank and I cannot identify the photographer, however, this CDV came out of a larger lot of 1860s CDVs which were mostly taken San Francisco and Northern California studios. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good antique condition overall. Light crinkle in the upper-left corner of the image but this does not go through to the back and has either been glued back down at some point or has been there since day 1.

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Original CDV of a Civil War soldier with his kepi and a book or diary on a prop railing besides him. Unfortunately the back is blank and I cannot identify the photographer, however, this CDV came out of a larger lot of 1860s CDVs which were mostly taken San Francisco and Northern California studios. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good antique condition overall. Light crinkle in the upper-left corner of the image but this does not go through to the back and has either been glued back down at some point or has been there since day 1.

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Two original CDVs of caped siblings, a boy and a girl, the little girl holding a China doll. The mother or assistant have been hidden by the use of a vignette. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good or better antique condition.

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Set of two original CDVs of San Francisco men of the same lodge in full masonic regalia. Taken in the same sitting, with a photographer studio backmark of Bush’s Photographic Gallery, corner of Post & Montgomery Streets. This was the pioneering western photographer Henry Bush’s studio. Very good antique condition.

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Original CDV of a Civil War soldier with his kepi and a book or diary on a prop railing besides him. Unfortunately the back is blank and I cannot identify the photographer, however, this CDV came out of a larger lot of 1860s CDVs which were mostly taken San Francisco and Northern California studios. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good antique condition overall. Light crinkle in the upper-left corner of the image but this does not go through to the back and has either been glued back down at some point or has been there since day 1.

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Three original CDVs of children, two boys and a girl… Looks like they were all taken in the same session. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good antique condition.

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Two original CDVs of caped siblings, a boy and a girl, the little girl holding a China doll. The mother or assistant have been hidden by the use of a vignette. 4″ x 2.5″. Very good or better antique condition.

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