3 CDVS inc RARE TRICK PHOTO MAN W PATENT MODEL MOWING MACHINE FREDRICKS NEW YORK banner lady Columbia Mower model

Columbia Mower model

Original CDV of Professor Magner's educted horses

It has been resealed with archival tape

wasn't on a staff but was meant to be hand-held - note the handle at its base

so I believe these three were out taking a photo of the eclipse that day

3 CDVS inc RARE TRICK PHOTO MAN W PATENT MODEL MOWING MACHINE FREDRICKS NEW YORK banner lady Columbia Mower modelGrouping of three original 1860s CDVs photos of the same man, the first, by Fredricks, shows him posing with his "twin" actually a double exposure trick photo his seated self at the table holding a small patent model of a mower I believe it is probably the D. M. Osborne Co. Columbia Mower model. And notice the two pieces of artwork affixed to the side of the chair.. they are actually enlargements of the two caricature cartoon CDVs of the same man