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Lot 283

Collection of C.C. Stotz and G.W. Parsons Cabinet Cards of Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Osage Indians
Sale 1853 - American History: Premier Auction
Jun 21, 2019 10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$2,000 - 3,000
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$2,500
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Collection of C.C. Stotz and G.W. Parsons Cabinet Cards of Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Osage Indians

Lot of 8 cabinet cards by C.C. Stotz and G.W. Parsons featuring Cheyenne, Arapahoe, and Osage Indians. Several images are dated and have descriptive captions about the subjects. Photographs of note include those of a standing man wearing an embellished vest and feathered headdress, identified on verso as "American Horse, Arapaho Chief / A leader in the massacre of 1894 Feb. / June 18th '94."; a woman in a fringed dress standing beside a seated man with an eagle-wing fan, captioned in two different hands on verso, "Paul Boynton / and Squaw - Cheyenne" and "The above, written by a squaw, she having / been educated in the States But no sooner / had she returned to her trib [sic] She married Paul / Boynton who cannot speak but a few words / of english nor will she teach him / June 18th '94"; and a Cheyenne mother and daughter wearing matching dresses adorned with elk teeth.

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