I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY AND ALL OFFERS ON THIS ITEM.
YOU ARE BIDDING ON THE NEGATIVE ONLY, THE PAPERS PICTURED ARE FOR EXPLANATION ONLY. THE PAPERS SHOWN ARE NOT FOR SALE.
ANOTHER GROUP OF THE FRED C. PHILPOT NEGATIVES. PLEASE SEE INFO BELOW.
You are bidding on ONE GLASS NEGATIVE per auction. This one is: ANTIQUE GLASS NEGATIVE, FC PHILPOT, LIMERICK ME., BEAUTIFUL HOME, LARGE TREES, STEREOVIEW NEGATIVE. ANY INFO ON THE IMAGE WOULD BE APPRECIATED. LIMERICK, MAINE AREA????
STEREOVIEW NEGATIVE.
WET PLATE.
I AM 98% SURE THIS GLASS NEGATIVE WAS TAKEN BY FRED C. PHILPOT OF LIMERICK, MAINE.
THIS NEGATIVE WAS IN A LARGE LOT OF GLASS NEGATIVES BOUGHT AT AN ESTATE AUCTION IN OSSIPEE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE ESTATE WAS FROM A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF LIMERICK, MAINE. THE ESTATE BUILDING WAS A COMMERCIAL BUILDING ON THE MAIN STREET IN LIMERICK ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE TOWNSENDS.
THE LARGE LOT OF ANTIQUE GLASS NEGATIVES WERE FOUND IN A CABINET IN THE DARK ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR. THE NAME ON THE ESTATE WAS NOT PHILPOT BUT IN THE LOT OF GLASS NEGATIVE THERE MANY SMALL HANDBILLS OR SMALL BROADSIDES (see last 3 pictures) WHICH WERE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER "FRED C. PHILPOT" OF LIMERICK, MAINE. THERE IS ONE NEGATIVE SHOWING HIS TRAVELING CART WITH DARKROOM. A COUPLE OF THE NEGATIVES HAVE HIS NAME ON IT.
FROM MY RESEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT FRED C. PHILPOT WAS BORN IN LIMERICK, MAINE, AND WORKED AS A PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER IN SANFORD, SPRINGVALE (part of Sanford), LIMERICK, CORNISH, MAINE AREAS; AND MILTON MILLS, NEW HAMPSHIRE AREA, CIRCA 1875 AND 1925.
"MAINE MEMORY NETWORK" SHOWS SOME OF HIS IMAGES BUT NOT THESE GLASS NEGATIVES.
THIS NEGATIVE WAS PROFESSIONALLY SCANNED BY THE PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM (SEARSPORT, MAINE) AND THIS IS THE POSITIVE IMAGE.
WITH A LITTLE DIGITAL WORK, YOU CAN MAKE PRINTS FROM THIS NEGATIVE.
PRINTED IN: SANFORD, SPRINGVALE (part of Sanford, Maine), LIMERICK, CORNISH; AND MILTON MILLS (NEW HAMPSHIRE) AREAS, I believe.