[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 2 cabinet photographs of Cheyenne Indians at Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory, comprising:
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
$500 -
$700
Sold for $504
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. A group of 2 cabinet photographs of Cheyenne Indians at Fort Reno, Oklahoma Territory, comprising:
6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts (toning and spotting/soiling to prints, edge and corner wear to mounts). Uncredited photographs, each with period manuscript identification to mount recto and typed paper label affixed to upper margin of print.
Captions include: "Cheyenne? Issue Day for Rations" -- "Chiefs Cheyenne come to see Commission from Washington."
Commissioned as a military post in 1874, Fort Reno served to protect and placate the Cheyenne and Arapaho population in the area, through a variety of means including the issuance of rations such as live cattle, given to the Cheyenne and Arapaho people to chase and shoot like buffalo.
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