Lot 649
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CROSS, William R., photographer. A group of 3 CDVs of Brulé Sioux subjects including Chief Spotted Tail. Niobrara, NE: n.d.
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021
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Live / Cincinnati
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$625
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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CROSS, William R., photographer. A group of 3 CDVs of Brulé Sioux subjects including Chief Spotted Tail. Niobrara, NE: n.d.
Seated portrait of Flat Nose John, holding a pipe and kepi in his lap. Identified in the negative. -- Half portrait of Chief Spotted Tail wearing a federal cavalry coat. Identified in the negative. -- Portrait of two females, one seated wearing fringed clothing, the other standing wearing a blanket. Indecipherably identified in the negative (possibly "Spotted Tail's Girls"). -- Together, 3 albumen photographs, each 2 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. or smaller, on cardstock mounts with W.R. Cross's imprint on verso. Each with toning, moderate to heavy soiling, and wear to edges and corners.
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