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Lot 121
Sale 6425 - American Historical Ephemera and Early Photography, including The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
Part I - Lots 1-222
Oct 23, 2025
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Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
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HILLERS, John K. (1843-1925), photographer. A group of 7 photographs of California, Utah, and Arizona. Ca 1870s.
7 albumen silver prints, unmounted, each approx. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Four prints are titled in the negative and two are credited to John K. Hillers, although all were taken by the photographer while working with the US Geological Survey under John Wesley Powell during the 1870s.
Scenes include: Little Fire Hole Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, ca 1870s. -- The Domes, Rio Virgen, Utah, 1872. -- Royal Arches and Washington Dome, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1872. -- Three Graces, Yosemite Valley, California, ca 1872. -- [Z]ion's Peak, Rio Virgen, Utah, 1873. -- Ma-kun-to-wip Valley, Zion National Park, Utah, ca 1874. -- View In de Chelly Canyon, Looking West, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, ca 1879.
Together, 7 albumen silver prints.
Provenance: Heritage, Philippe Halsman and Icons of the Twentieth Century: The Photography Collection of Frederich Voelker, 7 November 2020, Lots 11167-11173.
Property from the Collection of Fritz Voelker, Denver, CO
This lot is located in Cincinnati.



