[NATIVE AMERICANS]. ROTHROCK & CATTON, photographers. Cu-din-e-yo, Apache Indian. Phoenix, Arizona Territory: ca early 1880s.

6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in. stereoview on cardstock mount (some minor spots of discoloration and wear to image, particularly upper edge of left print; significant wear to mount edges and corners). Verso features Rothrock and Catton's "Arizona Scenery" imprint (Catton's name abraded from mount) with image number and title inscribed in ink below: "No 51" and "Cu-din-e-yo, Apache Indian," respectively. Subject crouches in a studio amidst cacti and other desert flora, holding a bow and arrow as if to shoot.
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George H. Rothrock was born in Missouri but grew up mostly in California after his family settled on a ranch near Marysville. He operated his first photography studio with fellow photographer William Houghton in Bakersfield, California from 1870-1875, and he opened Phoenix's first photography studio in the fall of 1877 after his photographic exploration of the territory including stops at Fort Bowie, Solomonville, the San Carlos reservation, Fort Apache, Fort Verde, and other fascinating locales in the region. Rothrock moved to Tempe in 1893 and largely gave up the photography business soon after that. His body of work is immense, capturing and telling the story of Arizona Territory and its inhabitants as the century and its long-fought Indian Wars drew near a close.

Rowe, Jeremy. Arizona Stereographs 1865 to 1930. Nevada City: Carl Mautz Publishing, 2014.

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. ROTHROCK & CATTON, photographers. Cu-din-e-yo, Apache Indian. Phoenix, Arizona Territory: ca early 1880s.