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Lot 370
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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CHOATE, John N. (1848-1902), photographer. A group of 3 CDVs of Native American students at the Carlisle Indian School. Ca 1879.
3 CDVs on cardstock mounts, each with verso imprint of J.N. Choate, Carlisle, PA. The cartes de visite depict young male and female students from the Carlisle Indian School, dressed in Anglo attire.
Provenance: Cowan's, American History, 20 June 2012, Lot 187.
John N. Choate (1848-1902) began a long photographic career at Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1879 when the famous Carlisle Indian Industrial School was founded. The school's superintendent, Richard Henry Pratt, commissioned Choate to take these "before and after" portraits to document the progress his school was making in "civilizing" the students. The photographs were distributed widely, to Native American reservations to recruit new students, and to United States officials and wealthy donors to encourage their support.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Cincinnati.