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Lot 654

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HAYNES, Frank Jay (1853-1921), photographer. Cabinet card of Curley, George Custer's scout. Fargo, Dakota Territory, ca 1880s
Sale 960 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Nov 15, 2021 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$600 - 800
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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HAYNES, Frank Jay (1853-1921), photographer. Cabinet card of Curley, George Custer's scout. Fargo, Dakota Territory, ca 1880s

4 x 5 3/4 in. albumen cabinet photograph on cardboard mount (minor fading). Photographer's imprints to recto and verso with additional Haynes Studios stamp from Bozeman, MT. 

A three-quarters studio portrait of Curley, a scout to George Custer and survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn. The Crow scout was the first to report on the 7th Cavalry's defeat. He wears his hair in two braids with feathers, earrngs, a bandana wrapped around his neck with a slide, and a blanket wrapped around his shoulders.  

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