Lot of 9 albumen photographs, 5 of which are impressive views of the Muskingum Valley near Marietta, OH, each 10 x 13.75 in., on 16.25 x 20.25 in. mount with applied paper labels featuring printed title and C. Butterworth's, Wilmington, OH, credit. The following views are included, as titled on label: No. 2 - Bird's-eye view of Marietta, showing Kerr's Island and Williamstown, West Virginia, in the distance; No. 3 - General View of Marietta, Ohio, from Harmer Hill, looking up the Ohio, showing Kerr's Island; No. 5 - Marietta City Park on the bank of the Muskingum, Soldiers' Monument in the foreground; No. 19 - Ridgeway's House, Underground Railway Depot, "in the Forties"; No. 47 - View on the Muskingum, looking up. Stockport in the distance. Site of Big Bottom Massacre by the Indians in 1790. An 1893 Annual Report from the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, discovered by the consignor, indicates that these 5 photographs by Charles Butterworth were likely part of a larger series of 132 produced and displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. The report states in part, that... "the Secretary of the Society, suggested that it would be a good thing if the cities of Dresden, Zanesville, McConnellsville, Malta, and Marietta prepare a series of photographs illustrating the Muskingum River Valley. This was especially appropriate, from the fact that on this river was made the first settlement of Americans in the Northwest Territory. He suggested that the Boards of Trade, or commercial organizations of these towns, have these photographs made, and give to the Ohio Society copies of each for exhibition at the World's Fair..." Accompanied by 4 photographs of the Washington County Pioneers Association of Ohio, ranging in size from 8.5 x 12 in. to 10.5 x 16 in., on larger mounts bearing printed or written captions, dating from 1870-1883. This portion of the collection includes an exceptional group portrait taken in front of the studio of noted photographer JD Cadwallader, 10.5 x 16 in., on 14 x 16.75 in. mount with printed title, Pioneer Association of Washington County, Ohio, credit to Cadwallader lower left, and April 7, 1870 date lower right. Two other group portraits of members of the association are also taken in front of "Cadwallader's Fine Art Gallery," but the sign is only partially visible in one of the photographs, dated February 22, 1870. The members included in this image are identified on mount in pencil. The fourth group portrait, dated April 7, 1883, was taken in an interior setting, possibly an auditorium. Condition: Condition is good, prints are rich (except for the very faded one) and there is light foxing and soiling throughout.
Lot of 9 albumen photographs, 5 of which are impressive views of the Muskingum Valley near Marietta, OH, each 10 x 13.75 in., on 16.25 x 20.25 in. mount with applied paper labels featuring printed title and C. Butterworth's, Wilmington, OH, credit. The following views are included, as titled on label: No. 2 - Bird's-eye view of Marietta, showing Kerr's Island and Williamstown, West Virginia, in the distance; No. 3 - General View of Marietta, Ohio, from Harmer Hill, looking up the Ohio, showing Kerr's Island; No. 5 - Marietta City Park on the bank of the Muskingum, Soldiers' Monument in the foreground; No. 19 - Ridgeway's House, Underground Railway Depot, "in the Forties"; No. 47 - View on the Muskingum, looking up. Stockport in the distance. Site of Big Bottom Massacre by the Indians in 1790. An 1893 Annual Report from the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, discovered by the consignor, indicates that these 5 photographs by Charles Butterworth were likely part of a larger series of 132 produced and displayed at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893. The report states in part, that... "the Secretary of the Society, suggested that it would be a good thing if the cities of Dresden, Zanesville, McConnellsville, Malta, and Marietta prepare a series of photographs illustrating the Muskingum River Valley. This was especially appropriate, from the fact that on this river was made the first settlement of Americans in the Northwest Territory. He suggested that the Boards of Trade, or commercial organizations of these towns, have these photographs made, and give to the Ohio Society copies of each for exhibition at the World's Fair..." Accompanied by 4 photographs of the Washington County Pioneers Association of Ohio, ranging in size from 8.5 x 12 in. to 10.5 x 16 in., on larger mounts bearing printed or written captions, dating from 1870-1883. This portion of the collection includes an exceptional group portrait taken in front of the studio of noted photographer JD Cadwallader, 10.5 x 16 in., on 14 x 16.75 in. mount with printed title, Pioneer Association of Washington County, Ohio, credit to Cadwallader lower left, and April 7, 1870 date lower right. Two other group portraits of members of the association are also taken in front of "Cadwallader's Fine Art Gallery," but the sign is only partially visible in one of the photographs, dated February 22, 1870. The members included in this image are identified on mount in pencil. The fourth group portrait, dated April 7, 1883, was taken in an interior setting, possibly an auditorium. Condition: Condition is good, prints are rich (except for the very faded one) and there is light foxing and soiling throughout.
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