Archives International Auctions Auction 106 September 24, 2025

Archives International Auctions - Sale 106 102 September 24, 2025 Archives International Auctions www.archivesinternational.com Ephemera - Photography - Civil War Military CDV’s New York 473 473 Civil War CDV lot of 5 different Military Photographs by Frederick H. Meserve including Grant and Sherman in Uniform Civil War CDV Lot of 5 Photographs by Meserve, Includes 5 photographs of U.S. Grant; William T. Sherman; George G. Meade; Philip Sheridan all in uniform and John G Nicolay. All are 2.25 x 4 inches, Backs have printed “Collection of Americana - Frederick Hill Meserve - New York” and name of photo subjects written in pencil in Meserve’s hand. All are in exceptional condition. Frederick Hill Meserve (1865 – 1962) was a businessman and collector of photographs. He published a large collection of early American photographic portraits. In 1944 he worked with historian Carl Sandburg to publish 100 photographs of Abraham Lincoln. The Library of Congress has his photographic publishing’s in its collection. His father William Neal Meserve was a veteran of the American Civil War. (Ex. John E. Herzog Collection, June 12, 1997, R.M Smythe).......... ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $800-1200 Ephemera - Political - Presidential 474 474 NY. Harding Memorial Association, Large Format Membership Certificate, ca. 1920s NY. Large format, 12 x 18 inches, black on thin card, Harding portrait at top, Pin punch “Specimen ABNCo”, XF-AU with a horizontal fold in middle. ABNC. ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $120-200 Washington, D.C. 475 475 Washington, D.C., William McKinley & Theodore Roosevelt Rare Inaugural Souvenir Booklet, 1901 , Only 200 Printed with Memorial to McKinley Washington, D.C., 1901. Rare commemorative volume, bound in full black morocco with gilt eagle on cover, issued for the inauguration of President William McKinley and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt. One of only 200 copies retained by the Inaugural Committee, with no further printings produced. The volume includes engraved portraits of McKinley and Roosevelt in an ornate design at front; nine pages of halftones; and reproductions of steel-plate engravings by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing throughout. Additional features include a roster of Inaugural Committee members with engravings of the White House and Capitol; a reproduced photograph of Governor Dietrich of Nebraska and his staff at the 1901 inauguration; and portraits of other political figures, including James W. Templeton, who revised and rebound the work. Templeton’s note records that while the volumes were in preparation, McKinley was assassinated, with an “In Memoriam” page inserted. A scarce and historically significant piece produced in the brief period between McKinley’s inauguration and death, marking the rise of Theodore Roosevelt. Mint condition as printed. B.E.P. and pother printers. ������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $450-750 Ephemera - Postcards France, New Jersey, Connecticut 476 476 Real Photo Postcards with Images of Ice & Ice Cream Deliver Trucks, Train Wreck & Printed Photo of T. Roosevelt & Others, ca.1900-1910 Lot of 7 postcards including Real Photo postcard of early ice cream delivery truck and ice delivery horse drawn wagon, an early Connecticut train wreck; a real photo of the Buick Motor Co. factory in Flint Michigan; Theodore Roosevelt “When Teddy Comes to Camp”; and 1910 French aviation postcard. All are in XF to Mint condition. (7) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Est. $80-160