Antique Cabinet Card Photo Graveyard Funeral...

Updated September 26, 2026

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Lot number55
Estimate25.00 - 50.00 USD
CategoryAntiques & Furniture
AuctionSale 260929
DateSeptember 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM EDT
Auction housePeriod Americana
LocationBoston, Massachusetts

Wreaths E A Adams Whitinsville Mass. Produced circa 1880s–1890s by photographer E. A. Adams in Whitinsville, Massachusetts, this original 6.5-by-4.25-inch landscape-oriented Victorian cabinet card captures a serene rural cemetery scene featuring fresh floral memorial wreaths and feathers placed upon a newly covered grave surrounded by headstones and monuments. Rendered as an albumen or silver gelatin print mounted on heavy cardstock with decorative studio lettering printed along the right margin reading "E. A. Adams, Whitinsville, Mass.," this unusual post-mortem and mourning-related image holds strong crossover appeal for collectors of early Massachusetts history, cemetery art, and 19th-century photography. Presenting in fair to good overall antique condition, the piece retains clear visual interest despite age-appropriate wear, including moderate print fading, age toning, minor mount edge rubbing, corner wear, light surface scratches, and small chips with white paper loss to the emulsion near the left-center foreground monuments.

Antique Cabinet Card Photo Graveyard Funeral...

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