Lot 146 - Pair Of Vintage Board Mounted Photographs Of Child With Teddy Bear, Identified As Helen, November 1908, Belfer's Art Studio

Lot 146 - Pair Of Vintage Board Mounted Photographs Of Child With Teddy Bear, Identified As Helen, November 1908, Belfer's Art StudioPair of vintage boarded photographs by Belfer's Art Studio showing a young girl in white christening gown holding a teddy bear, taken at two different poses. Photographs mounted on gray embossed card stock with oval mat openings. Studio mark embossed on one mount. Handwritten identification on verso reads "Helen taken in Nov. 1908" on both photographs. Subject wears white dress with tucked bodice and puffed sleeves typical of early twentieth century

They are in good condition with normal signs of use and wear from age and handling

and a blue rectangular nameplate button reading “University of Rochester Freshman Week 1961” with typed name “David Cushman

Classic articulated figure with smiling jack o’lantern head and movable limbs

Subject: An extremely clear photograph of an elderly woman wearing a bonnet and four gold rings

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The first photograph shows a large herd of dairy cattle in a farmyard with barn and trees visible in the background

Hardcover volumes show significant wear

executed by silhouette artist Beatrix Sherman

two Burlington Northern Railroad reflective decal stickers

Pre-Auction Notes: Various conditions

New Hampshire Bicentennial 1953 button and various annual meet buttons featuring tractor and engine imagery in red

All photos in oversized plastic sleeves