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Lot 323

Sale 6356 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Lots Open
Jun 18, 2025
Lots Close
Jul 2, 2025
Timed Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$300 - 500
Price Realized
$671
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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. 4 portraits of western subjects including Pawnee Bill and Della Ferrell.

Cabinet card portrait of Gordon William "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, resting on a studio rock prop and leaning on the upturned barrel of a long rifle. He wears fringed hide clothing and over-the-knee leather boots. York, PA: Sword's Bros, n.d. Photographer's imprint on mount recto. Captioned in the negative "Pawnee Bill." -- Cabinet card bust portrait of Della Ferrell, a female performer in Buffalo Bill's Wild West from 1886-1892. She wears a wide-brimmed hat and her hair long over the shoulders. Kensington, South Wales: Thomas Sims, n.d. Photographer's imprint on mount recto and verso. -- Cabinet card portrait of a man bearing a striking resemblance to William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a pair of pince-nez glasses attached to a cord around his neck. Ithaca, NY: J. Beardsley, n.d. -- CDV portrait of a man dressed as a cowboy, with wide-brimmed hat, a handkerchief around his neck, and a cartridge belt around his waist. His weapon is holstered, making it difficult to tell its exact make and model. -- Medicine Lodges, KS: Mrs. S. P. Coan, n.d. -- Together, 4 portraits.

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