Lot 647

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CROSS, William R. (1839-1907), photographer. CDV of Brulé Lakota Sioux Chief Hollow Horn Bear with an unidentified 5th US Cavalry second lieutenant. Niobrara, NE: [ca 1880].

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Estimate$800 – $1,200

Status

Closed

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CROSS, William R. (1839-1907), photographer. CDV of Brulé Lakota Sioux Chief Hollow Horn Bear with an unidentified 5th US Cavalry second lieutenant. Niobrara, NE: [ca 1880].

2 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. albumen photograph on cardstock mount (toning, scattered spotting, and wear to edges and corners including tiny bit of loss to lower left corner). Verso bears pictorial imprint for W.R. Cross.

The lieutenant wears a kepi with regimental insignia, shoulder straps, and grasps his saber. The chief wears a capote, a bone hairpipe breastplate, wool leggings, and moccasins.

Cross (1839-1907), originally from Vermont, had moved west and initially operated a traveling tent studio in northeastern Nebraska. He settled in Niobrara and opened a studio on 4 July 1878, where he would remain for the next twelve years though he still traveled intermittently. Notably, he opened another studio at Fort Niobrara around 1886 and worked with his apprentice John A. Anderson at Fort Meade in 1888. Fort Niobrara was garrisoned by the 5th Cavalry, alongside the 9th Infantry and the 9th Cavalry, throughout the 1880s.

An example of this photograph was published as the cover image in Military Images Vol. XIX, No. 4. (1998).

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[NATIVE AMERICANS]. CROSS, William R. (1839-1907), photographer. CDV of Brulé Lakota Sioux Chief Hollow Horn Bear with an unidentified 5th US Cavalry second lieutenant. Niobrara, NE: [ca 1880].

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