[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HILLERS, John K., and BEAMAN, E.O., photographers. A group of 13 Powell Expedition stereoviews featuring Native American subjects, comprising:
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$800 -
$1,000
Sold for $875
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HILLERS, John K., and BEAMAN, E.O., photographers. A group of 13 Powell Expedition stereoviews featuring Native American subjects, comprising:
6 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. stereoviews on cardstock mounts with square corners (overall very good condition, rich tonality, some images and mounts with soiling; corner and edge wear to mounts). Rectos feature "US Topographical and Geological Survey of the Colorado River of the West, By J.W. Powell and A.H. Thompson" imprint. Most versos with applied paper labels including the photographer's credit, image number, series title "Indians of the Colorado Valley," and image title. Several versos also include applied paper label from publisher J.F. Jarvis, Washington, DC.
Image numbers and titles include: No. 13, The Basket Maker. -- No. 19, Game of Wolf and Deer. -- No. 20, "One-little Two-little Three-little Injuns." -- No. 28, Won-Si-Vu and Ku-Ra-Tu. -- No. 39, In Council. -- No. 62, An-Ti-Naints, Pu-Tu-Siv, and Wi-Chuts. -- No. 63, An-Ti-Naints, Pu-Tu-Siv, and Wi-Chuts, Sitting. -- No. 65, Si-Gav and An-Ti-Naints. -- No. 69, E-Nu-Ints-I-Gaip, or One of the Ancients. -- No. 70, Two "Old Boys." -- No. 71, The Old Gamblers. -- No. 107, The Boy in the Cedar. -- Untitled scene showing native subjects gathered before a tipi.
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