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C.S. Fly Signal Station in the Graham Mountains

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD
C.S. Fly Signal Station in the Graham Mountains
Featured in this lot is this C.S. Fly Station in the Graham Mountains circa 19th century; Provenance: From the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum in Tombstone, Arizona. The cabinet card features a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that shows the Signal Station in deep snow at an elevation of 10,000ft. The cabinet card is handwritten on the back Signal Station - Graham, Mts - Altitude 10000ft. The cabinet card comes with a an original museum tag that reads as follows: Fly photo of the Signal Station in the Grahm Mts. 10,000ft. Camillus "Buck" Sydney Fly (May 2, 1849 – October 12, 1901) was an Old West photographer who is regarded by some as an early photojournalist and who captured the only known images of Native Americans while they were still at war with the United States. He took many other pictures of life in the silver-mining boom town of Tombstone, Arizona, and the surrounding region. He recognized the value of his photographs to illustrate periodicals of the day and took his camera to the scenes of important events where he recorded them and resold pictures to editors nationwide. The condition of this C.S. Fly Cabinet Card is well preserved with no obvious signs of damage with only some slight browning to the cabinet card due to age but otherwise shows a well preserved condition. The measurements of this imperial cabinet card is 5" x 8". ML-31