Science, Technology & Clocks
Description:
"The Graphotrope" Carte-de-visite Display, William Walker & Co., New Haven, June 1866, walnut viewing box with a pair of dome-shaped glazed windows, split turned corner columns and center divider, paper label attached to hinged lid stating Manufactured by William Walker & Co. New Haven, Patd. 1866, top section rotates on a iron pillar mounted on a raised plinth, with twenty-seven tin-framed photographs, ht. 8 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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