Anonymous Photographer

Northampton Street, Easton, Pa. [windowed souvenir mail card]

New York: Rotograph Co., 1905. No stated edition. Postcard. Souvenir mail card featuring a windowed set of smaller views. Here the metal clasp holds an accordion-folded strip with 12 photos of sites in and around Easton--The Circle, Delaware River Bridge, Court House, Library, and Lafayette College (several).  The main scene shows Northampton Street with storefronts (one a furniture store), horse-drawn vehicles, a trolley car, and telephone or telegraph poles. Good. Item #30484

A "Sol-Art Print" printed in Germany.  No. 6129a in an unidentified series.  For those interested, U.S. Patent No. 806631 shows a working diagram of this kind of card.  Mounted on a stiff board, which is chipped at one corner.  Back lightly stained and smudged.  Unused.  Can be sent outside the US for less than the default shipping rate.

Price: $30.00