[LATE INDIAN WARS - CUSTER]. 4 photographs related to Little Bighorn, incl. battlefield monument.
Sale 1194 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Jun 26, 2023
Lots Close
Jul 7, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
Estimate
$300 -
$400
Sold for $252
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[LATE INDIAN WARS - CUSTER]. 4 photographs related to Little Bighorn, incl. battlefield monument.
3 photographs attributed to Fred Miller (1868-1936), including: A view of the Little Bighorn Battlefield Monument overlooking the graves spread across the battlefield. 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. photograph on 9 x 7 in. cardstock mount. -- Big Horn Ditch Head Gate - Front View. 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. photograph on 10 x 8 in. cardstock mount. -- An additional view of the Bighorn Ditch Head Gate. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. photograph housed in 10 x 7 3/4 in. cardstock mount.
Fred Miller, a clerk for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, was known as the photographer of the Crows and worked documenting their reservation life from 1898 to 1912.
[With:] This Indian at Custer Massacre. 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. cyanotype on 5 x 5 in. cardstock mount. Uncredited, with "March" inked on mount verso (even toning, few spots on mount).
Together, 4 photographs, condition generally good with even toning, light edge and corner wear to mounts.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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