This is a neat scene on this small mounted photograph, which measures 5 and a half inches by 4 plus inches.  Dingy board, thumb nail hole in middle top and the large crease on bottom right hand corner.  I know that this is Selmer Tn in McNairy county as it came with a large lot of items from that area.  Shows fashionably dressed women waiting to board the train going where? 

I believe that this is a silver print.  The children shown are about as cute as they can be.  Measures 8 by six inches. Some wear to the board

This is a mounted albumen which measures 9 X 7 inches.  The little boy has an impish look and is pulling his baby brother is a Diamond wagon. Ink writing on the bottom on the board which reads, "The house when Jasper was born, Ewing and Jasper." Found in an album from Prairie Grove Arkansas. 

This is a mounted albumen by prominent Nashville photographer.  It is on the full board but it wouldn't fit in the scan and am having trouble with my camera.  On the right hand side behind the wagon is the old Court House. I can't quite read the wording on the wagon but it looks like a milk wagon. The structure in the middle is the Berry, Demoville and Co building.  That building is still there. I've been informed that the building on the front left was the City Hotel. 

This photograph measures 8 1/4 by 5 and 1/4 inches.  Stained and in poor condition but the clarity is good.  The cashier looks like he might be a Mexican.   

This photo is the size of a cabinet card.  The photo was pasted onto the board. Photographer mark which I can't make out but the city is Wilkes Barre Pa. Nice clarity.  Under magnification you can read 86 or 96 on the badge he is wearing and a number 7 on the hat.  

Please view the scan to see the condition and appearance of this mounted albumen.  Wear to the board, which measures 8 1/2 by 7 inches. There is writing on the back which I'm going to try to read.  G E Barth, Prescott Arizona.  Google search turned up a G E Garth, railroad engineer from Prescott Arizona.  He was referred to as a hero but I could not access the newspaper archives without paying.  " G. E. Barth, formerly a locomotive engineer hero for many years"  I gather it involved a serious train wreck or near wreck.        

Two photographs in this lot, both of shoe repair shops. Both photos with board measure 7 by 9 inches.  "Don't Ask for Credit" "Our Terms are Cash" sign. No photographer's mark.  Minor wear on both photos. The second shop shows some of the machines used to repair shoes.

This is a mounted albumen which measures 5 1/2 by 4 inches.  The board is worn but could be cut down.  There are white specks in the photo where the image has flaked off.  This store later became an H G Hill store.  The store was on the corner of 1st & High Street.   

This photo's board has been trimmed down to about the size of a cabinet card.  Roughly cut.  Nice detail. 

This is a silver print which measures 6 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches.  It appears to have been taken out of a scrapbook.  Some wear with creases but I love the content.

Great clarity on this photograph but it is very light.  Nice buggy in the front, advertising signs inside and outside.  You can see a shape of a horse on one of the broadsides on the front. You can see the features of the men gathered for the photographs. The photo with board measures 8x10 inches.  Note the board is quite dingy. 

The photograph with board measures 8 X 6 inches.   The child is identified on the back as Matilda Ledogar, Ralph's daughter

This item measures 8 X 6.  The child looks a little two young to be on such a big stuffed horse which I have to assume it is. Photographer unknown

Small mounted photograph with the photo measuring 3 1/4 by 2/1/5 inches.  The little girl has a happy and proud look probably due to the Teddy Bear. Her name on the back is given as Selma Sewald. There are some tiny black spots, one where the Teddy Bear's eye would be.  Seems to be in not on the photo.

No, I'm not going to smile.  Photo with board measures 7 by 5 inches.  Nothing on the back.

This photo measure 9+ by 7+ inches.  Excellent condition.  

This silver print measures 8 1/4 by 5 and 1/4 inches.  The board is rough and possibly cut down.  There are a couple of tear at the mid top edge of the photograph. Eleven players and their mangers.  I wish I could figure out more but there are some names on the back which appear to read, Frank Sewald, Carl Sewald, John Hefner and Charles Giebler. 

This photo measures 8 by 5 inches, including the board.  Some wear to one corner of the board, excellent condition on the photograph, which appears staged.  There is a photographer's mark which looks like Shane ?  I can't ready the fancy script but he is from Ft Wayne Indiana.  

This is a silver print photograph which is mounted on a board.  It measures 7 by 5 inches. No photographer mark on the back.  Minor wear with excellent clarity.  It is very interesting to view the card under magnification.  I was able to determine the location and date by the calendar for Havana Cigars.  Note the glass case display of cigar boxes where you can see the graphics. There are several ribbons with celluloid button advertising Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.  Also so visible are other customers reflected in the mirror. You can see a portion of the famous print of Custer, a Budweiser Beer sign, and two rough customers.    

This is a very large mounted albumen, probably taken at the time of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition which was held in 1897.  The photo with the board measures 27+ inches by 23+ inches.  There is wear to the board, including a large water stain at the bottom edge which extends to the border of the photograph.  There are some holes in the border of the photograph but other than that is in excellent condition.  Clarity by the photographer, Thuss is excellent.  Goverton Taylor is in the middle and above him Otto Giers or an Otto Giers look alike.  I cannot identify any of the other men.  The initials N. G. S. T. can be seen on one of the collars.  National Guard State of Tennessee.  Will have to be mailed flat or possibly delivered to a Nashville buyer.   Postage will be determined after the item is mailed and excessive postage paid will be refunded.

This is a mounted albumen which measures 13 and a half by 14 and a half inches, including the board.  Stains on the board and a damaged area in the pillar.  Grady Literary Society was named after Henry Grady, a Southern orator and the society concentrated on public speaking skills. The scan does not show the entire board which has some scattered stains but it is intact. The photographer is L A Lively, Murfreesboro Tennessee.

Great mounted albumen from a school which eventually became Middle Tennessee State University.  The photograph measures 9 and a half by 7 and a half inches.  With the board, it measures around 13 and a half by 11 and a half inches. The scanner cut off the complete photograph. Some staining to the board with a tiny chip out of the bottom right corner.  The photo has a little flaked off area on the player to the immediate right of the player in the middle and other minor wear.  The photographer is L A Lively, Murfreesboro.  The Normal School operated between 1911 and 1961.  When it opened it was a two year college for teaching.  

This photo with board measures 8 by 10.  Great clarity.  I have spent a great deal of research on all the clues given in this image and have decided that it is not American but English.  Providence Stores, W Mounty,  Another sign seems to read  Ambulance-Shield Competition to be held in Mr Drew's field. Another name is Mrs G A Charlton.

This photograph with board measures 11 by 9 inches.  Good condition except for a small punch in the photo.  I can't figure out what kind of business this was.  

I had to buy this photo as I found the equipment so interesting.  I guess it is some kind of machinery that was used to tote something, maybe a cannon.  I'm guessing this is Spanish American War era but not sure about that.  There are three soldiers and two African American workers, judging from their different hats.  The albumen is mounted on cardboard and has been trimmed.  There is wear to the photograph with some gouges, scratches, and spots.  The back has been reinforced by to lines of what looks like it might be a candle.  Measures about 9 by 7 inches.  Clarity is quite good. 

This is a small silver print mounted photograph which measures 5 by 5 inches.  The photograph shows the Bank of England according to a notation on the back with the date 1900.  The signs on the carts are clearly visible. This item is quite early in the history of this famous tea.  

This photograph and board measures seven by five inches.  Dingy board but good clarity.  It appears to be soldiers who would be Spanish American War or Indian Wars era.  They are holding small animals, probably kittens.  I can see one long tail. Photographer mark of S Arakelyan, Boston Mass.  

This photograph measures seven by five inches, not including the board which is in poor, worn condition, especially at the top and bottom.  The photograph is also dingy with some staining.  See the scan.  At first I thought they were blacks but the more I look at it, the more I think it is a black faced singing group. I have been unable to find out anything about this group. I'm guessing it is from the 20's but not sure. Black America African Americans.

This photograph measures 7 and a half by 5 and a half inches.  I'm guessing they are wearing band uniforms, possibly from the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.  Photograph is by Reeves, possibly C Reeves, 304 and 1/2 Union Street, Nashville Tennessee.  Condition problems include a chunk out of right hand side, and a couple of bad spots in the images. one at the bottom of the jacket on the figure on left and side and a pimple on right right figure's face.  Thumb tack hole on the top.    

These guys are carrying tools but am not sure what they are for.  No backmark. This is the size of a CDV            

This painted photograph measures 7 by 5 and a half inches.  The border has had something pasted to it, probably a paper frame.  On the back there is a pencil notation which reads Dr. Paul F Eve's house." I'm not sure if this was his home in Nashville. It could be Forest Hall in Augusta Georgia. 

This mounted albumen measures 8 by 10 including the board.  Very nice clarity.  Photographer mark of A L Grammar.  Damage to the board as can be seen in the scan but photograph is perfect.

This photo including the mount measures 12 by 10 inches.  There is no damage to the mount which is not shown in entirety in the scan.  Great clarity.  There is also a  real photo postcard which came with this photograph.  It has been cut down but it has a nice parade scene which no doubt the Loyalhanna Brewery participated in.  Signage in the postcard for the Pittsburg Brewery Lathrone Brewery.

Great photograph with a mark of the T E Healy Collection.  The photo is light but has great  clarity.  Bottom corner crease leaving a weakened corner. There is a a two inch crease in the photo at the top right edge which is not that distracting. The photograph and board measures 10 + by 8+. Two horse and buggies are on the street.  Signage for the Century Magazine, the Worthington Smith Millinery. 

Mount with photo measures 8 X 10 inches.  Good condition.  Photographer mark from Waldo Seat, Lebanon Tennessee

8 by 10 photograph with board showing an old post office.  The display case leads me to believe it also was a store.  Photo is in good condition but the board has a heavy crease at the top right hand corner.

This beautiful little girl should have a happier look on her face after her dog had performed so nicely for her.  Size of a cabinet card. 

Two mounted albumens showing the Wards building and a composite Thuss photograph of the 1902, probably the Senior Class.  Wards Seminary has a rich Nashville history as it later became Ward Belmont and finally Belmont College.

Photo is 7 by 5 inches and with the board 9 by 7.  Lighter on the right hand side.  This photo was purchased in Alabama.  Signs can be read with magnifying glass.  One sign reads G W Halton, Jeweler.  This jeweler is from Texas.  Some brown spots and not that visible to the eye scattered spots in the photo.Small tear in upper right hand edge.  There is a child in one of the chairs.  

This photograph is from the 1800's and shows the warehouse of the Gray Guyther Dry Goods Company.  Poster can be read with a magnifying glass.  Puncture mark on the board at the top.  Photo measures 8+ by 6+ inches, with the board 8 X 10.   

How great is this old photograph which measures 8 by 5, not counting the board.  There is a cut in the board which goes up to the edge of the photo.  I think some one started to trim the photo and then thought better of it.  Actual photo is not as light as the scan.  Sepia toned with good clarity.  You can even read the old Indiana car tag.  It's in front of an automobile store.  Some one has written in ink on the surface of the photo "Buick Model 10 driven by Dorthy Wiles, age 9, Valpariso, Indiana J. Ridge Sheridan Indiana, 1909." There is a punched in area across the front of the car but you don't notice it until you rotate it under a light.

I couldn't resist this great photograph.  Sepia toned vintage photograph which is bigger than my scanner window.  Wear and chips to the corners but otherwise in good condition. 

Board measures 12 by 10.  Photo measures 8 by 10.  Flaking off of the cover of the board at the bottom.  Some foxing on the photo visible in the light area.  Photographer mark on the board-A J Earls (?) Winchester Ky. Scan does not show the entire board.

This photograph was taken at the time of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition by Thuss. Pencil notation on the back reads, 2nd Avenue North, 200 Block Toward Broad. I don't believe this is a period notation. The photograph measures seven and a half by four and a half inches. There are some scratches on the photograph which can be seen in the scan. There is also wear to the boards. Sign for Brandon Printing Company, which is the building on the right. Partial signs for Gray and Dudley, a harness co, a bicycle and sportings good store, a stove and tinwear business, and another with only partial words that can be seen. The street is filled with horses and buggies and a few pedestrians. I believe this is an unpublished view of early Nashville.

Poor condition but interesting photograph of two mountain climbers. Stains to board and creasing which extends into the photograph. See scan. Photograph measures 4 by 5 and a half inches. Pencil message on back reads Henry Hoover and friend.

The dingy board measures 9 by 7 inches but the photo is 3 and a half by 4 and a half inches. Clarity is poor on the horses and riders as would be expected but I can read one of the signs with a magnifying glass which says restaurant. I can't read the rest as it is too small. This was found in a native Georgia family but there were a few photos from Florida according to the dealer I bought this from. Those are the only clues I have as to where this race track was.

Interesting view of a store full of china, lamps and one bored store clerk. Some things never change. The board has been trimmed and the photo is torn at top right hand corner. No photographer mark. Photo measure 8 by 6 inches.

Seven by seven inch albumen of the Old City Gates-St Augustine Florida. See scan. Some staining, may be able to be cleaned off. George Barker was a famous landscape photographer and was awarded the Grand Gold Medal in St. Louis in 1886. His office was in Niagara Falls, New York.

Charming 6 X 4 and a half inch image of a little girl holding one doll and another is in a chair. Looks like a toy piano on the floor. Books on the table including one titled the Teddy Bears. Board has been trimmed. The corner on the left hand side of the board has torn off, leaving the photo edge sticking out.