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Lot 118
Sale 6485 - Native American Art
Apr 10, 2026
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$800 -
1,200
Price Realized
$1,088
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Lot Description
R.L. Kelly
four cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts, unmarked but attributed to R.L. Kelly, Pierre, South Dakota, ca 1880s. Subjects identified in pencil on mount recto.
Includes: Little Bull, Cheyenne. -- Two Sioux women. -- Mr. and Mrs. Buffalo Ghost. -- "Charlie & Squaws" (as identified on mount).
R. L. Kelly, a native of Canada, trained in photography and operated a studio in Hamilton, Ontario, before moving to Pierre, Dakota Territory, where he opened a studio in 1881.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Chicago.
(1851-1934)
Photographs of Native American Subjects, including Little Bull, ca 1880s
cabinet cards
four cabinet photographs on cardstock mounts, unmarked but attributed to R.L. Kelly, Pierre, South Dakota, ca 1880s. Subjects identified in pencil on mount recto.
Includes: Little Bull, Cheyenne. -- Two Sioux women. -- Mr. and Mrs. Buffalo Ghost. -- "Charlie & Squaws" (as identified on mount).
R. L. Kelly, a native of Canada, trained in photography and operated a studio in Hamilton, Ontario, before moving to Pierre, Dakota Territory, where he opened a studio in 1881.
The Larry Ness Collection of Native American Photography
This lot is located in Chicago.