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Lot 269
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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Lot Description
BELL, Charles M. (1848-1893), photographer. Three mammoth plate photographs of Native American delegates. Washington, DC, ca 1877.
3 mammoth plate albumen photographs, approx. 19 x 15 1/2 in. or smaller (including margins), on 20 x 18 in. cardstock mounts with names and tribal identifications written in the negatives.
A trio of important studio portraits taken by Charles M. Bell while the Native leaders were in Washington, DC, for treaty delegations. Subjects include: Eagle Plume, Kansa, ca 1877. -- White Cloud (also called White Thunder), Brule Sioux, 1880. -- White Eagle (also Scares the Bears), Ponca, 14 November 1877.
Provenance: Ex Kramer Gallery Collection; Cowan's, Historic Americana, 16 November 2005, Lot 698.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.