Historical Photographs
Updated September 20, 2026
| Lot number | 397 |
| Auction | Cedars Fine Estate Part 2 |
| Date | October 7, 2026 at 8:05 PM EDT |
| Auction house | Amber Door Estate Sales Inc. |
| Location | Niagara-on-the-Lake |
A collection of five historical photographs dating from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century. The group includes two black and white military portraits from the Second World War era, likely of Canadian origin. One studio portrait depicts a soldier in a 1937 Pattern Battledress uniform with full webbing, a pistol holster, and a dark brassard with white MP lettering, identifying him as a member of the Military Police (Provost Corps). The reverse of this photograph is a postcard back with bilingual POST CARD / CARTE POSTALE text and a Kodak K mark. The second military portrait shows a soldier in a light-coloured service dress tunic and trousers, wearing a Field Service cap. The civilian photographs include a large sepia-toned cabinet card of a man with a handlebar moustache, with a studio mark at the base reading McFadden's Ground Floor Gallery, Corner Simcoe & Aylmer Sts., PETERBOROUGH. This is accompanied by a mid-to-late 19th-century tintype (ferrotype) depicting three men in civilian attire, and a small Victorian cabinet card portrait of a woman in an oval-framed mount. Large cabinet card width approx. 10.5 cm Military portraits width approx. 6.5 cm and 8.5 cm Tintype width approx. 5.2 cm Small cabinet card width approx. 4.2 cm. Condition: The collection shows age-related wear throughout. The central large cabinet card exhibits significant foxing and surface spotting. The military photographs are in good condition with minor silvering to the edges. The tintype displays surface crazing and minor oxidation to the metal plate. The smaller Victorian cabinet card shows wear to the corners and light staining to the card mount.
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