Lot 265: Antique Cabinet Photo Victorian House Moving Build

Description

Description:

Large-format sepia-toned photograph, mounted on its original decorative embossed paper board, showing a two-story Victorian/Queen Anne style house raised on wooden rails or beams, with the partially finished siding still bare on the lower half of the house and workmen standing on the peak of the roof beside the chimney; a family group is seated on the front porch, and a long ladder leans against the eaves. The house appears to be either newly under construction or being physically relocated on temporary rail supports — a common practice in the early 20th century for moving wood-frame homes to new lots or foundations. An evocative slice of early American vernacular architecture and rural building history, likely dating to the early 1900s based on the photographic mount style and the house's Victorian detailing (turned porch posts, gable dormers with round attic windows). Mount measures W: 8", L: 9.75".

Condition Report:

Good vintage condition, wear commensurate with age. The mount shows overall toning, edge wear, and a small closed tear/crease at the upper right corner of the photograph itself (visible in the close-up photo). The photo image is otherwise intact with good clarity and no major losses. Please expect typical age-related foxing or handling marks consistent with a photograph of this vintage.

Keywords:

Antique photograph, cabinet photo, Victorian house, house moving photo, early 1900s photograph, vernacular architecture, house under construction, real photo antique, sepia photograph, American homestead photo, historical house photo, farmhouse photograph

Dimensions: W: 8", L: 9.75"