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Lot 744
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. 31 photographs of Native American parades, ceremonies, & dwellings.
Sale 1252 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography Online
Lots Open
Nov 30, 2023
Lots Close
Dec 11, 2023
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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$300 - 400
Price Realized
$189
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Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. 31 photographs of Native American parades, ceremonies, & dwellings.

4 silver gelatin photographs of the Eagle Dance at Isleta Pueblo, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in., on 5 x 5 in. cardstock mounts. Uncredited, ca early 20th century (slight fading to prints). -- 4 albumen (or silver gelatin photographs) of a patriotic parade including Native American subjects on horseback, 4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in., on 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. cardstock mounts, ca late 19th century (toning, some spotting to prints and mounts). 

[With:] 8 silver gelatin stereoviews documenting a pow-wow at night, 7 x 3 1/2 in., or smaller, on cardstock mounts, ca 1960s (very good condition overall). -- Snapshot of people on horseback. Uncredited 4 x 2 3/4 in. photograph on gelatin printing out-paper, ca early 20th century. -- Photograph of Native Americans and one white subject on horseback. Uncredited 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. photograph on gelatin printing-out paper, ca early 20th century. -- Outdoor view of men overseeing Cheyenne and Arapaho cattle rations by Smith of Chalstead, KS, 4 3/4 x 4 in. collodion printing-out paper on cardstock mount, ca 1880 (some soiling, wear to edges of print). -- Photograph of the Corn Dance by A.B. Weaver, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. -- Photograph of Native Americans "dressed for the Snake Dance," as inscribed on verso, 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. silver gelatin printing-out paper, on thin cardboard mount (some fading to print). 

[With:] CDV featuring a group of Native American subjects seated outside a tent. Uncredited, 3 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. CDV on cardstock mount (toning and some soiling to print). -- 5 photographs of indigenous dwellings, highlighted by a photograph of "Indian Wigwam" credited to I.W. Taber, San Francisco, CA, ca 1895. 8 x 4 7/8 in. photograph on thin cardstock mount with title and credit to Taber in lower margin, showing Juniper wigwams (edge and corner wear including loss to corners). Additional photographs of dwellings measure 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., or smaller (edge and corner wear to each, including some creasing, chipping, minor loss). -- 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. photograph on cardstock mount with penciled identification on verso identifying the scene as "Indian Dwellings" at the World's Fair (fading and some soiling to print). -- Stereoview of a Hopi dwelling, captioned "Home of the Hopi Indians, Yellowstone Park, 1915. Uncredited 6 1/4 x 3 in. stereoview on cardstock mount. -- Stereoview of miniature figures in the form of Moqui gods. Uncredited 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (paper label to verso).

[Also with:] Stereoview by Millikin and Lawley, London, with manuscript caption on verso, "Peep down the Melbourne Telescope." 5 1/2 x 3 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (edge and corner wear to mount). 
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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