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Americana
12:00 PM PT - May 8th, 2003

offered by
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.

6270 Este Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45232
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Preview hours for the sale are on Thursday, May 8, 2003, 9 AM to 12 Noon, AND Friday, May 9, 2003, 9 AM to 12 Noon, at the Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Sharonville, Ohio 45246. (Conveniently located immediately off I-75, just south of I-275).

644 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
101 Lot 101

Keystone Library-Boxed Stereoview Sets, lot of 7. Includes: "South America: Chili and Peru" (37); "Sou...

300
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400
102 Lot 102

Keystone Library-Boxed Stereoview Sets, lot of 9. Sets include: "Italy: Naples and Pompeii" (27); "Swe...

300
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400
103 Lot 103

Keystone Library-Boxed Stereoview Sets , lot of 5. Sets include the following: "Rubber and Lumber" (31)...

300
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400
104 Lot 104

Keystone Boxed Sets of the Circum-Mediterranean Area and Africa, lot of 7. Library sets, includes: "Mesop...

300
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500
105 Lot 105

Three Stereo Viewers, includes: "The Perfecscope," two "Monarch."
Condition:One wi...

150
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200
106 Lot 106

Rare Edison Machine Works Photograph Album, folio, with embossed leather front board: "With Edison at Sch...

4,000
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6,000
107 Lot 107

US Commission of Fish and Fisheries Photographs by S.F. Baird, lot of 36. Albumen photographs, 13 x 8.25...

1,500
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2,000
108 Lot 108

Early Clarence White Photograph, an 8.25 x 7" toned platinum portrait of a brother and sister, i...

500
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800
109 Lot 109

Pittsburgh Railroad War (?), Albumen Photograph, large format on cardstock, image is 4.6 x 7.5". View of...

300
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400
110 Lot 110

Rare Johnstown Flood (?) Albumen Photograph, 8 x 10" mounted on larger board, with printed strip paper la...

250
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350
112 Lot 112

Wm. Woodruff Printed Declaration of Independence, 20.5 x 28". "Published by Phelps & Ensign 7.1/2 Bowery,...

800
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1,200
113 Lot 113

Washington Sulphide Snuff Box, 2.5" diameter, 1st quarter of the 19th century. Circular hinged...

2,000
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3,000
114 Lot 114

Eighteenth Century Lithograph of Washington and Franklin, 6.5 x 8", 1784. Probably published by Whitworth...

300
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400
115 Lot 115

Thermoplastic Washington Belt Buckle, 2.75" high x 3.8" wide, two piece, with oval bust-length portra...

400
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500
116 Lot 116

Scarce Know-Nothing Party Ribbon, (not in Sullivan & Fischer), 3" x 9". Polychrome printed silk w...

200
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300
117 Lot 117

Anti-Jackson Campaign Broadside, Facts Concerning the Six Militia Men and General Jackson. 15.5 ...

500
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700
118 Lot 118

John Quincy Adams Miniature Engraving, circular half-length portrait with garter border and "John Quin...

200
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300
119 Lot 119

Lithograph of President John Adams, after a Gilbert Stuart painting, 15.25 x 12.25". Engraved by W....

300
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400
120 Lot 120

Daniel Webster Illustrated Flour Sack, heavy cotton, 38" x 30" when opened. Printed shoulder length po...

300
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400
121 Lot 121

Henry Clay Campaign Ribbon, (Sullivan & Fischer HC-37), B&W printed silk, 2.8" x 9.2". Vign...

200
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300
122 Lot 122

Fine Henry Clay Campaign Ribbon, (Sullivan & Fischer HC-52), B&W printed on silk, 3.2" x 8.5". F...

200
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300
123 Lot 123

William Henry Harrison Decorated Dome-topped Box, pine with cotter pin hinges, decoupage composed of circ...

1,000
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1,500
124 Lot 124

Early Massachusetts Paper Political Ballots, lot of 15. Contains four presidential tickets from the elect...

200
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300
125 Lot 125

Stump Speaking Chromolithograph by Bingham, lower left,"Engraved by Goupil & Company after a painting by...

500
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700
126 Lot 126

Winfield Scott Campaign Ribbon, (not in Sullivan & Fischer). Printed B&W graphic on white silk ...

300
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500
127 Lot 127

Rare Fillmore Campaign Ribbon, (similar to Sullivan & Fischer MF-6(a) but lacking location tex...

2,000
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3,000
128 Lot 128

Lincoln Photo by Moses P. Rice, from the original negative taken in Gardner's studio on Nov. 8t...

300
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500
129 Lot 129

CDV of Abraham Lincoln, copy photograph of bearded Lincoln, imprint of D. Appleton & Co...

300
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500
130 Lot 130

Watch Advertising Portrait of Lincoln, R. Bohume/1914 in upper right, chromolithograph on oil paint-co...

200
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300
131 Lot 131

Folksy Oil on Canvas Painting of Lincoln, anonymous, oil on canvas stretched over one piece pine board, 1...

200
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300
132 Lot 132

Illustrated Paper Lincoln Ballot, from the 1860 campaign, issued for the 16th Congressional distr...

200
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300
133 Lot 133

Parian Statuette of General George B. McClellan, full figure of "Little Mac" in Union uniform with right ...

300
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400
134 Lot 134

Cast Metal Lincoln Tie Rack, cast iron, 5.5" wide x 5.6" high, early 20th century. Circular...

300
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500
135 Lot 135

John Sartain, Lincoln Steel Engraving, Abraham Lincoln/President of the United States, dated 1864, aft...

250
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400
136 Lot 136

Ohio Grant Ballot for Colored Voter, Republican Ticket for Warren County, 3.75 x 7.75". Engraved pic...

200
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300
137 Lot 137

John Sartain, Steel Engraving of Grant and Family, Genl. Grant & His Family, after a painting from life b...

250
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300
138 Lot 138

John Sartain, Steel Engraving of Gen. U.S. Grant, entitled "Lieut. General U.S. Grant", heroic portrait t...

200
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300
139 Lot 139

Roscoe Conklin Cabinet Card, albumen seated portrait with imprint of "J.F. Jones" in Washing...

100
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150
140 Lot 140

Blaine Campaign Flag, 17 x 27", all printed cotton, his portrait in canton surrounded...

800
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1,000
141 Lot 141

John Logan Campaign Ribbon, (not in Sullivan & Fischer). White silk ground with cream edgin...

200
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300
142 Lot 142

Three Early Republican Campaign Ribbons, all from the 1884 Republican convention in Pittsburgh which nom...

200
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300
143 Lot 143

National Greenback Paper Ballot, 6 x 12", framed. New Hampshire ballot with Warren G. Brown for...

150
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200
144 Lot 144

Scarce Tammany Hall Cleveland Inaugural Ribbon, (Sullivan & Fischer GC-14), woven silk polychrome, 2.5 x...

300
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400
145 Lot 145

Benjamin Harrison Straight Razor, blade 5", with 5.5" horn handle inlaid with nickel,razor 9.5" o...

250
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300
146 Lot 146

Harrison, Wilson, & McKinley Campaign Memorabilia, lot of 4 includes a clear glass Maltese cross with alb...

150
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250
147 Lot 147

Lithograph of Benj. Harrison North Bend Home, entitled "Birth Place of President Benj. Harrison/North Be...

400
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600
148 Lot 148

Six Tin Campaign Horns, all mid-to late 19th century; lengths: 8", 10.75", 11.75", 14",...

400
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500
149 Lot 149

McKinley-Roosevelt Campaign Umbrella, three-color printed cotton on white ground with six panels, two...

400
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600
150 Lot 150

Scarce McKinley and Roosevelt Campaign Poster, half sheet chromolithographed poster, 18 x 27". Printers m...

1,500
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2,000
151 Lot 151

McKinley, Blaine and Logan Campaign Ribbons, lot of 3, all printed on silk. Includes a jugate 1884 Blain...

250
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350
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