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American History: Premier Auction
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- Sale 1853
Live
| Cincinnati
Jun 21 | 10:00 AM EDT
Live
| Cincinnati
Sale 1853
| Cincinnati
| Cincinnati
Estimate$800 – $1,200
Rare boudoir card featuring an overhead view of Camp Fairview, including numerous tents, covered wagons, and men on horseback, with J.C. Burge, Kingston, New Mexico backmark and period ink inscription reading, “From Chas Bohmiller / to Adolph Kindle August 16th 1887 / Camp Fairview NM / Indian Campaign 1885 & 1886 / after hostile Apaches Geronimo Chief.”
A similar photograph taken by Burge ca 1885 shows a group of US Army soldiers departing the Percha Creek bottom at Camp Hillsboro/Camp Boyd on the search for Geronimo and his partner, Naiche.
Moderate to heavy surface soil, some spotting, and wear to mount (especially corners). Verso ink dark and bold.
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