American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana

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| Cincinnati

Lot 302

[LATE INDIAN WARS]. Cabinet card of Isaac Brown, likely 24th US Infantry, taken while at Fort Logan, February 1899.

Lot 302

[LATE INDIAN WARS]. Cabinet card of Isaac Brown, likely 24th US Infantry, taken while at Fort Logan, February 1899.

Status:

Closed

Estimate: $300 - $400

Estimate$300 – $400

Status

Closed

[LATE INDIAN WARS]. Cabinet card of Isaac Brown, likely 24th US Infantry, taken while at Fort Logan, February 1899.

4 x 5 1/2 in. cabinet photograph on cardstock mount (print and mount heavily worn, with damage/loss to left edge of print, fading, and soiling). An uncredited, outdoor portrait of an African American soldier shown standing with rifle in hand in front of a brick building. Penciled notations on mount verso identify the subject as Isaac Brown and the location as "Fort Logan, Feb. 1899." Also included is a list of places Brown was presumably stationed, which appears to include Mexico, Honolulu, Manila, and Nagasaki (some notations difficult to discern). Although his regiment is not identified, research indicates that Brown served with the 24th US Infantry Regiment, which was at Fort Logan in February 1899.

The 24th US Infantry was one of the four so-called Buffalo Soldier regiments formed in 1869. From its inception through 1898, the 24th served throughout the western US, with missions that ranged from garrisoning frontier posts to fighting Native Americans and guarding the border between the United States and Mexico. In 1899 the regiment deployed to the Philippines to help suppress a guerrilla movement in the Philippine–American War.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

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Katie Horstman

VP, Head of Department, American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography

katiehorstman@freemansauction.com 513.666.4958

Ms. Horstman has spent over a decade specializing in historic photography and Americana at auction. During her tenure, she has overseen several notable single owner auctions, including property from the inventory of celebrated Americana and antique arms expert Norm Flayderman. During her time with the firm, she has maintained an active membership in the Daguerreian Society. Ms. Horstman holds an MA in Art History from the University of Cincinnati and a BA in Art History from The Ohio State University.

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana

[LATE INDIAN WARS]. Cabinet card of Isaac Brown, likely 24th US Infantry, taken while at Fort Logan, February 1899.

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