American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Jasperware plate, 4-1/2” diam. Green with white Native American wearing a headdress and hairpipe breastplate; owls encircle the perimeter. Schafer & Vater, Germany. Broken Arm Chief Sioux, mold 3205.

Nine souvenir spoons, including six teaspoons, three demitasse spoons. All with Native Americans on the handles, all marked “sterling.” One has some copper overlaid on the exposed skin of the Indian. Bowls with: Founder of Osteopathy / Kirksville Mo.; Court House / Eureka Cal.; West Baden Springs Hotel / West Baden Ind.; Rush City High School; Denver; Indian Tepee / Albuquerque; Chief Josh / 25; Old Faithful. One other has initials and a date. 

Northwest Indian Congress Delegate button, 2-1/8” diam. cello button with silk ribbon (splitting). Spokane, WA Oct. 30-31, ’25. 

American Indian Souvenir Playing Cards, Los Angeles, CA: Lazarus & Melzer, 1900. Complete deck in original maroon leather box with gilt lettering. Cards have Navajo textile on back. Card faces with many views of southwest Indians, including people involved in everyday tasks (winnowing grain, grinding, carrying water, etc.), ceremonials (including the Hopi Snake Dance), Chiefs of several pueblos, family groups, kids playing, many more. 

Two 8x 10” photos: one of United States District Judge A.F. Sure being made a Blackfeet Chief (1933); the other a promo of Chief Blackhorn and Col. Joe Miller. 

Broadside, Wyoming State Journal, July 4, 1866. 12 x 17-3/4”. Headlines: Washakie Slays Crow Chief … Victory Guarantees the Shoshone Hunting on Wind River! / Crow Party Moves East Over Owl Creek Mountains.”

Sheet with song lyrics mentioning Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.

Pillow cover (unfinished). 23” square. American flag in center with 10 vignettes of Native Americans around it. 

Two cabinet cards of Steps. One the common view of Steps kneeling by a small table in a photographer’s studio. Fort Randall, DT: Bailey, Dix & Mead, 1882. The other a rare view of Steps sitting on a bale of hay(?) facing the camera. Stockton, CA: J. Pitcher Spooner, 1891. In lower margin on recto: “Removed to Yo Semite Theatre Building. Take the Elevator.” 

CDV-sized tintype of three Native Americans. What accoutrements are visible suggest eastern Plains or western river valleys (Illinois, Ohio, Missouri?).