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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. REED, Roland
(1864-1934), photographer.
A group of 32 photographs, including a selection of images from "Roland Reed's Indian Pictures."
Sale 1250 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 30, 2023 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$5,355
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Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. REED, Roland
(1864-1934), photographer.
A group of 32 photographs, including a selection of images from "Roland Reed's Indian Pictures."

31 silver gelatin prints, each 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (image), 14 x 11 in. (sheet), majority titled in pencil or ink on the verso. Each unsigned (light toning and edge wear).

Highlighted images of Chippewa, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, and Navajo subjects include: Watching the Buffalo. -- Stolen Property. -- The Trapper. -- Everywind. -- Buffalo Hump. -- End of the Chase. -- Hind Bull. -- The Trail Makers. -- Medicine Man. -- The Hunting Ground. -- Up the Cutbank. -- The Pottery Maker. -- The Fisherman. -- The Statue of de Chelley. -- The Moose Call. -- The Hunters. -- Little Martin. -- The Council. -- Coming of the White Man. -- The Watering Place. -- At the Spring

[With:] Silver gelatin photograph of Roland Reed later in life, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (image), 11 x 14 in. sheet (very fine condition). -- Roland Reed's Indian Pictures. St. Paul, MN: Reed's Indian Pictures, n.d. 8vo, 4pp., printed pamphlet advertising Roland Reed's photographs, with a partial list of his images organized by tribal classification (old folds, light edge wear). 

Together, 32 photographs and a pamphlet promoting the work of Roland Reed. 
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the Collection of Stanley B. Slocum
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