[NATIVE AMERICANS-WESTERN AMERICANA]. 22 photos, mostly New Mexico, incl. native subjects & Santa Fe
Sale 1194 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
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Jun 26, 2023
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Jul 7, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$1,638
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Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS-WESTERN AMERICANA]. 22 photos, mostly New Mexico, incl. native subjects & Santa Fe
The lot is comprised of the following:
3 boudoir photographs credited to W.E. Hook, Colorado Springs, CO, each with imprint and/or descriptive information printed on mount verso. Titles include: Pueblo Indians, Tesuque, N.M. -- Santa Fe, New Mex. -- Mexican Oven, N.M.
[With:] 3 boudoir photographs published by C.G. Kaadt, Santa Fe, NM, each with imprint and/or descriptive information printed on mount recto or verso. Titles include: San Miguel St., Santa Fe, N.M. (edge and corner wear to mount incl. some loss) -- The Old Church San Miguel, Santa Fe, N.M. (edge and corner wear to mount incl. some loss). -- Untitled images of a Native American dance procession (soiling and some fading to print).
[With:] 3 boudoir photographs published by the Santa Fe Route, each with descriptive information printed on mount verso (or applied paper label affixed to mount verso). Titles include: Resting (trio of burros) -- Tesuque Indian Village. -- Buying a Load of Wood (showing two burros carrying wood on their backs).
[With:] 7 boudoir cards by various photographers, including: View of the Pueblo Indians by F.A. Nims, Santa Fe, NM (applied paper label to verso with photographer's imprint). Ink stamp from Gold's Free Museum, Santa Fe, NM on verso (toning and some staining to print, edge and corner wear to mount including some loss). -- Pueblo Indian Village. Taos, N. Mex. By D.C. Desmond, Trinidad, CO. -- Untitled image of a procession of Native Americans by Horace S. Poley, Colorado Springs, CO (some soiling to print, edge and corner wear to mount). -- Typical Street Scene, Down San Francisco St., Santa Fe. By D.B. Chase, Santa Fe, NM (descriptive information printed on mount verso). -- Gallery of the Old San Miguel Church. Santa Fe. NM. Photographer unknown (toning and some soiling to print). -- 2 uncredited views of the "Oldest House in United States, Santa Fe, N.M." (one with surface abrasions and staining to margins).
[With:] 3 stereoviews by W. Henry Brown, Santa Fe, NM, each with imprint and descriptive information printed on mount verso (toning to prints, staining, edge and corner wear to mounts). Titles include: Group of Navajo Indians ("sample" inscribed twice on print, significant edge and corner wear). -- Burro Alley, a common scene on this corner (staining, edge and corner wear to mount). -- Central Part of city from old Fort Marcy ("sample" inscribed twice on print, edge and corner wear to mount).
[Also with:] Stereoview published by Continent Stereoscopic Company, NY. Titled: San Miguel, Santa Fe, NM. -- Stereoview published by Bloomfield, St. Augustine, FL. Titled: The Dungeon in the Old Spanish Fort, from which Wild Cat, a Celebrated Seminole Indian, Made his Escape (printed on applied paper on verso). -- Stereoview published by Martin's Art Gallery, St. Paul, MN, from Upton's Series of Minnesota Views. Titled: Red River Half-Breeds, and Carts.
Together, 22 photographs, most showing New Mexico. Condition generally good, with toning, occasional staining, edge and corner wear to mounts.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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