[Native Americana]. A group of 10 cabinet cards of Native American subjects by Cross, Irwin, Markey and others.

10 cabinet photographs of Native American men, women, and children, some identified, taken by various photographers, primarily working in the Great Plains region, most with studio imprints on mount rectos or versos. Images overall good to very good, with toning, occasional soiling, and some edge and corner wear to mounts. Few with water stains to margins.

Includes: "The Sioux Indian Dance." Niobrara, Nebraska: W.R. Cross (fading, some soiling, chipping and loss to edges). -- "Kiowa Annie," featuring a young woman, dressed in a hide elk tooth dress, heavily fringed and posed with her hands behind her head. Chickasha, Indian Territory: Irwin. Provenance: Cowan's, Historic Americana, 8 June 2007, Lot 173. -- "Henry Blackbird, Interpreter to the Omaha." Uncredited (fading, toning, soiling to print, crease to lower right corner of mount and loss to edges). -- Untitled studio portrait of two Native American men. Missoula, Montana: J.M. Ingalls (vertical crease near center of print and mount, wear to edges including some chipping and loss). -- Studio portrait of an unidentified female Pawnee Indian. Larned, Kansas: Smith. -- Studio portrait of a Native American woman. Grangeville and Stuart, Idaho: Hanson. -- Studio portrait of two Native American men. Pendleton, Oregon: Bowman (thick cardstock mount edges trimmed). -- 3 cabinet cards of Apache children, each by D.A. Markey. Subjects include "Young Apache Bucks," "Apache Indians," and "Apache baby & cradle."

Together, 10 cabinet cards.

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[Native Americana]. A group of 10 cabinet cards of Native American subjects by Cross, Irwin, Markey and others.

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