[Native Americana]. A group of 18 stereoviews of Native American subjects in the Great Lakes, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

18 stereoviews on variously-sized and colored mounts, with credits to several different photographers and publishers. Some with titles/captions written in the negatives, or printed or written on mount rectos or versos. Images overall good, with toning, occasional soiling, edge and corner wear to mounts.

Highlights include: View of Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Uncredited. -- Native American subjects posed before Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis. Uncredited. -- "Wa-bon-a-quad's wigwam, Head Chief." Winona, Minnesota: Hoard & Tenney. -- 2 stereoviews, duplicate images of Dakota Indians, taken near "Medicinal Artesian Spring." Sparta, Wisconsin: Raymond Nias. -- 2 stereoviews credited to Caswel & Davy, Duluth, Minnesota, both showing a young male subject. Captions include "The 'Lo' Family - Ye Noble Reds," and "About the City of Duluth" which includes an applied paper label indicating that this view came from the Private Collection of Will H. Davy, Jr. -- "Winnebago Beauties." St. Paul, Minnesota: McLeish & Pasel. -- "Fort Snelling at Junction of Mississippi and Minnesota. St. Paul, Minnesota: Whitney & Zimmerman. -- Untitled view of a young woman standing outside a dwelling. Winona, Minnesota: Elmer & Tenney. -- "Sioux Camp, Lake Winona, Minn.," dated October 1876. Alexandria, Minnesota: N.J. Trenham. -- "Chippewa Indians." Duluth, Minnesota: P.B. Gaylord. -- Untitled view of a Chippewa wigwam, as per penciled notation on verso. Uncredited. -- 3 stereoviews published by Brubaker or Brubaker and Whitesides, Marquette, Michigan. The views include "Indian Wigwam, Sault Ste. Marie Rapids" and "Old Wakomis." -- Untitled, compelling view of a Native American subject posed by a body of water. Niagara Falls, New York: Charles Bierstadt. -- Untitled view of a dwelling. Winnipeg: Duffle & Co. (staining, discoloration and surface loss to print and mount).

Together, 18 stereoviews.

The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography

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[Native Americana]. A group of 18 stereoviews of Native American subjects in the Great Lakes, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

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