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Lot 196
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
10:00AM ET
Part II - Lots 223-376
Oct 24, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$500 -
700
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$1,320
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Lot Description
[NATIVE AMERICANS]. BUEHMAN & HARTWELL, photographers. Cabinet card of Pima tribal police. Tucson, Arizona Territory. Ca 1870s-80s.
Cabinet card cropped portrait of a group of Pima policemen, with Buehman & Hartwell's pictorial imprint on verso along with ink inscription reading "U. S. Indian Police."
Clearly made from a larger glass negative, this cabinet card features 7 fully visible male subjects, all with chin or shoulder-length hair, and most wearing a neckerchief and shield-shaped badge. The original group portrait featured 3 rows of 4 men each, some portions of which are visible in this cropped print.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.