RARE LARGE B&W MOUNTAIN CASCADE 1905 SIGNED PHOTO BY CHARLES HENRY SAWYER

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VINTAGE SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH BY CHARLES HENRY SAWYER. The photo is affixed, at top corners, to a mount.Printed at lower left of photo: "COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY CHARLES H. SAWYER."Caption handwritten on mount, in pencil, below left side of photo: "Mountain Cascade."Signed on mount, in pencil, below right side of photo: "Sawyer."SIZE. Photo: Approximately 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Mount: Approximately 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches.CONDITION. Photo: 1 tiny brown spot in the middle of the cascade, and a lighter brown mark above that. Mount: 2 brown spots at top and 1 brown spot at bottom.APPEARANCE. Very good tones and details. A gorgeous scenic photograph."Charles Henry Sawyer (1868-1954) was in the business of producing hand-colored photographs. He was in direct competition with his peer and former employer, Wallace Nutting. Sawyer created beautiful scenic hand-painted photographic landscapes for the tourist trade. These small, colorful pictures were like the postcards of today. Travelers would bring them home for their own memories or give them to friends and family to decorate their walls. Most of his scenes are of New Hampshire, but he also produced pieces depicting Maine, and the Monterey Coast." (source: askArt website)