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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 46 RPPCs & photographs of the Dakotas and the West.
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots Open
Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 - 400
Price Realized
$1,386
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Lot Description
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 46 RPPCs & photographs of the Dakotas and the West.

The lot is comprised of the following: approx. 45 real photo postcards, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., or smaller, some unused, and 1 photograph, 3 1/2 x 6 in., affixed to black paper (likely removed from album). Many of the scenes are identified in the negative. 

Highlighted titles/scenes include: Flooding in Waynoka, OK. -- A church in Colome, SD. -- Main Street, Ambrose, ND. -- Bird's-eye view of Pryor Creek, Indian Territory. -- Masonic Cave, Volcano, CA, "Where the first five meeting were held." -- Covered wagons stopped outside businesses in Price, UT. -- Several views of towns and businesses in North Dakota and South Dakota, such as Main Street, Minot, ND. -- View of women and a man posed outside the Montrose Herald building, Bozeman, MT. -- Bird's-eye view of Williston, ND. -- Grain elevators in North Dakota and South Dakota. -- Parade in Yankton, SD. -- View of the second fire at Philip, SD, May 1909. -- World's only Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD, 1930. -- "Train Time" at El Dorado Springs, ND. -- Indian Industrial School, Pierre, SD. -- "Mother Indian would not have her picture taken," showing a group of Native Americans seated outside a drug store, Murdo, SD. 

Together, 46 real photo postcards and photograph. Condition generally good to very good. Some with edge wear, toning, and album residue to verso.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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