[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 11 hand-colored photographs of identified Native American subjects, incl. Red Tomahawk and Medicine Crow.
Sale 1192 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Lots 1-294
Jun 15, 2023
10:00AM ET
Lots 295-567
Jun 16, 2023
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
Estimate
$600 -
$800
Sold for $630
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 11 hand-colored photographs of identified Native American subjects, incl. Red Tomahawk and Medicine Crow.
7 x 10 in., or smaller, hand-colored images, possibly photographic enlargements, printed directly on mounts affixed to thick cardstock, most 11 x 14 in. (very good condition overall). Most with manuscript identifications on mount recto or verso.
Captions include: "Red Tomahawk." Lakota Indian policeman and Sitting Bull's assassin. -- "Mrs. Little Moon, Wakpala So. Dak." -- "Medicine Crow." -- "Two Wives & Medicine Crow, Ft. Thompson." -- "Andrew Ironroad." -- "Mr. & Mrs. White Bull, Cherry Creek, So. Dak." -- "White Bull." -- "Follows the Road." -- "Mr. & Mrs. White Lightning." -- "Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Ironroad, Mr. & Mrs. Bull Bear, Follows the Road, and Bears Heart." A photograph showing some of the same subjects, possibly during the same gathering is copyrighted by "Burdick, 1931," and is held at the North Dakota Heritage Center & State Museum. -- "Sioux Indians at Minnehaha Falls" (faintly penciled on verso).
[With:] 3 images printed directly on mounts, possibly enlargements, including Native American subject identified as "Ree Scout," possible second view of "White Bull," and "Covered Wagon Train near Pierre, S.D."
This lot is located in Chicago.
Property from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum
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