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Galveston flood, Sept., 1900--Commissary Dept.

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Horse-drawn carts for food delivery, protected by armed guards, outside the Commissary in Galveston, Texas.

D23864 U.S. Copyright Office.

On mount: The Universal Photo Art Co.

No. 5441.

Copyright by C.H. Graves.

Was the son of Jesse Albert Graves, an early American photographer who produced nearly 500 views of the western part of Pennsylvania. C. H. Graves studied the art of photography under his father and began to practice it in Philadelphia around 1880. He founded several companies to distribute his prints, the most prominent of which was the Universal Photo Art Company, which operated from 1895 to 1910. It was based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a branch in Naperville, Illinois, where F. A. Messerschmidt served as manager. Graves' catalogue contained nearly 1600 original views. He used a platinum printing process and some of the views were labelled The Art Nouveau (Platino) Stereograph.

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food relief texas galveston guards disaster relief floods hurricanes photographic prints stereographs galveston tex flood galveston flood sept horse carriage stereoscopic views 19th century lot 11002 stereograph cards c h graves c h carleton h graves photo commissary dept ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress
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01/01/1900
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Graves, C. H. (Carleton H.), -1943.
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Carleton H. Graves (1867–1943)

American photographer and publisher of stereo cards.
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Galveston (Tex.) ,  29.30139, -94.79778
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food relief texas galveston guards disaster relief floods hurricanes photographic prints stereographs galveston tex flood galveston flood sept horse carriage stereoscopic views 19th century lot 11002 stereograph cards c h graves c h carleton h graves photo commissary dept ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress