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Lot 254
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
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Live / Cincinnati
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[GARDNER, Alexander (1821-1882), photographer]. Albumen photograph of Good Buffalo, Oglala Lakota. [Washington, DC, 1872].
7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. albumen photograph on 14 x 11 in. Hayden Survey mount with credit at lower left to W.H. Jackson. A studio view of Oglala Lakota Indian Good Buffalo, or Ta-Tan'-Ka-Was-Te,' originally taken by Alexander Gardner in 1872.
William Henry Jackson printed the series, but he did not make most of the portraits included. These deluxe prints were distributed to members of Congress, whose assistance with increased appropriations for his department F.V. Hayden wished to solicit.
Provenance: American Indian Photography Collection of John W. Painter (1929-2008); Cowan's, American History, 15 November 2019, Lot 396.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.