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Lot 345
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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$2,040
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Lot Description
A group of 11 stereoviews documenting Sitting Bull's internment at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory. Bailey, Dix, and Mead, 1882.
11 stereoviews on cardstock mounts. Versos with printed number, title, information of subject, list of titles in series, and Bailey, Dix, & Mead credit. The photographs were taken by William R. Cross at Fort Randall during Sitting Bull's internment before being transferred to Standing Rock in May of 1883.
For nearly two years after his 19 July 1881, surrender at Fort Buford, Sitting Bull was held as a prisoner of war at Fort Randall in Dakota Territory. These photos, dating from that time span, include:
No. 4, Medicine Teepe. -- No. 8, Winter Quarters. -- No. 9, Issue Rations. -- No. 10, Women's Rights. -- No. 11, Sitting Bull, Squaw and Twins. -- No. 13, Morning Visit. -- No. 14, Stealing the Trade. -- No. 17, Issuing Supplies. -- No. 18, Morning Roll Call. -- No. 21, Winter Quarters. -- No. 22, Eat Dog and Family.
Together, 11 stereoviews.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.