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Lot 280

Sale 926 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Aug 20, 2021 10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$500 - 700
Price Realized
$344
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[WESTERN AMERICANA]. A group of 8 cabinet photographs of cowboys and other western personalities, some armed, comprising: 


Studio portrait of a mustached man standing and holding a Colt Lightning .22 rifle. Greencastle, IN: W.H. Lyon, n.d. Provenance: Herb Peck, Jr. Collection. Modern, handwritten note indicates that the photograph came from the collection and notes that accompanying tag identifying rifle was written in Peck's hand.

[With:] Studio portrait of a mustached gaucho wearing a large hat and decorated pants. Guadalajara, Mexico: O. de la Mora, 1884. Photographer's imprints to recto and verso. Extensive contemporary ink inscription to verso.

[Also with:] Studio portrait of a one-armed man possibly identified as "Alferd." Deadwood and Sturgis, Dakota Territory: J.C.H. Grabill, n.d. -- 
Studio portrait of an unidentified man wearing hides with fringe and embroidery with a handgun in his belt. N.p.: N.p., n.d. -- Studio portrait of a mustachioed man next to a small statue. [Texas?]: M.C. Ragsdale, n.d. -- Studio portrait of a cowboy wearing leather chaps. Leadville, CO: Wing's Gallery, n.d. -- Studio portrait of man wearing an overcoat and holding a rifle. Indiana, PA: I. Grotzinger, n.d. -- Studio portrait of a seated man holding a rifle and a pipe. Ravenna, NE: M. Casteel, n.d.

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