[WESTERN AMERICANA]. 6 cabinet photographs of cowboys and subjects in western attire, some armed
Sale 1136 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
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Mar 27, 2023
Lots Close
Apr 4, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$400 -
600
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$1,197
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Lot Description
[WESTERN AMERICANA]. 6 cabinet photographs of cowboys and subjects in western attire, some armed
Full-length studio portrait of a man wearing chaps, a hat, gloves, with a holstered knife and pistol with a bandolier of shells. Pomona, CA: Stephens, n.d. (Creasing and wear to mount). Pencil inscription to mount verso. Photographer's imprint to mount recto. -- Full-length studio portrait of a man identified as Henry wearing buffalo fur chaps and a bandolier with a holstered pistol. Ritzville, WA: A.K. Treadwell, [1905]. (Repaired crack/tear). The subject includes a letter to his mother on mount verso, dated January 1905. Photographer's stamped imprint to mount verso. -- Full-length studio portrait of a double-armed man identified as miner "Tom Lucky". [Inyo County, CA]: N.p., ca 1876. the subject wears a holstered revolver and rests his arm upon a longarm. Pencil inscription to mount verso reads: "Tom Lucky the Bad Man going to the Big Pine mines Inyo Co Calif about 1876." -- Full-length studio portrait of a man holding a revolver and a longarm. Boston: Needham, n.d. Photographer's imprints to mount recto and verso. -- Studio portrait of a man holding a revolver and wearing an elaborate fringed jacket. Chesaning, MI: Bennett, n.d. Photographer's imprint embossed to mount rectoThe photographer captures the subject laughing and in a dynamic, almost candid pose. -- Studio portrait of a seated man wearing a hat. (Severe bend/tear to mount and photograph). -- Together, 6 albumen and silver gelatin cabinet cards on cardstock mounts, conditions generally very good to fine, except where noted.
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