CIVIL WAR Era CDV Cartes de Visite Photo Album SECRET BOOK SAFE Uniform Soldier
CIVIL WAR Era CDV Cartes de Visite Photo Album SECRET BOOK SAFE Uniform Soldier. CIVIL WAR Era CDV Cartes de Visite Photo Album SECRET BOOK SAFE Uniform Soldier - VERY UNUSUAL. Small leather tooled brass hinged photo album - 5" x 6" x 2- with gilded foredge. Clasps intact but slightly loosened. Album has its first 4 pages filled with cdv images to disguise the hidden safe. Five original images, including 2 uniformed men. The rear of the album is lined with hand marbled gilded paper covering to the carved-out compartment. Book safes are not uncommon but a photo album book safe from the Civil War era is indeed unusual. THIS ENSURES THAT THE ITEM HAS BEEN SAFELY RECEIVED IN GOOD ORDER. MelroseBOOKS&ART has successfully completed more than 20500 internet sales over the past 21 years.
The item "CIVIL WAR Era CDV Cartes de Visite Photo Album SECRET BOOK SAFE Uniform Soldier" is in sale since Monday, April 23, 2018. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Photographic Images\Vintage & Antique (Pre-1940)\CDVs". The seller is "melrosebooks" and is located in Melrose, Massachusetts.
This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Photo Type: CDV
- Subject: Figures & Portraits
- Size Type/Largest Dimension: ACEO, Art Card (2.5" x 3.5")
- Listed By: Artist
- Date of Creation: 1860-1869
- Original/Reprint: Original Print