Western and Historical Americana

8 x 11.5" albumen image, on 11 x 12.5" mount, with printed caption St. Louis Hotel at the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, advertising ...

lot of two views of San Antonio, the first titled in the negative 111. The New Federal Building. Post Office & U.S. Court. / Jacobson, Photo. 2 ...

a view of a busy main street in Purcell, Indian Territory, lined with various stores and crowded with horse-drawn wagons, titled in the negative Every

an anonymous, ca. 1880s albumen photograph of one of the first real settlements established by the pioneer Joseph F. Collier in Shermanville, Kansas;

c. late 1870s-early 1880s. A group of anonymous images of this early Colorado town, showing a stagecoach in front of the G.W. Kephart Co. store and th

both on yellow cabinet sized mounts with his Miles City imprint. Includes 118 Glendive with the penciled inscription on verso Glendive in the fall of

on a light blue cabinet sized mount with his Miles City imprint. The hunter -- believed to be Huffman himself -- sits on a huge bear holding a .45-.70

on orange cabinet sized mount with his Miles City imprint. Numbered in negative 190, with the additional penciled inscription on verso in Huffman...

all on yellow cabinet sized mounts with his Miles City imprint. Includes a view of a Mule Deer before an elk rack; 347 The Monarch of the Mountains an

one of orange mount, the remaining on yellow cabinet-sized mounts. Includes six Yellowstone Park scenes; one of General Sheridan's pack train; t...

8.5 x 6.25" warm toned printing out paper image, on larger cream mount, numbered "203" in negative.  The Thomas Minckler Colle...

both on yellow, cabinet sized mounts with his Miles City imprint. Includes Sioux Village on the Yellowstone and A Sioux Warrior's Grave, with th...

with his Miles City imprint, and titled in the negative #8-Mrs. Rain-in-the-Face. A scarce, and early Huffman image, taken after the surrender of Rain

11.75 x 4.5" warm toned silver gelatin print, mounted on larger cream board. Identified in pencil on verso.  The Thomas Minckler Collect...

each 5 x 3" warm-toned silver gelatin prints mounted on roughly trimmed larger cardstock, presumably exposure "tests" made by Huffman...

includes a tablet of ruled paper titled "The Huffman Pictures" and illustrated with his famous 1879 photograph of the aftermath of a buffa...

2pp, 4.75" x 8.25", on letterhead of Salmagundi Club, NY, 19 Aug. 1911. Addressed to his wife, Louise, by his nickname for her, "Schn...

lot of 14 stereoviews documenting Lieut. George M. Wheeler's western expedition, 13 produced by Timothy O'Sullivan and one by W. Bell, inclu...

10.5 x 8" albumen print, mounted on larger 19 x 15.5" board with imprint of the War Department, and printed title. Taken during the 1873 W...

lot of 4 cabinet-sized views on yellow mounts, from the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories; Thomas Moran is ...

disbound, 7.75 x 4.5" images mounted on larger 9 x 6" cream boards with printed captions. Removed from Francis, C.S. 1889. Sport Among the...

ca. 1865, anonymous image mounted on square-cornered salmon mount. A dramatic image.  The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Co...

ca 1870s-80s, on cabinet sized mounts. Includes the following by Morrow: superb street scene, probably of Yankton, showing a large commercial building

view of wagons and tipis scattered over the landscape, Fort Yates can be seen on hillside, 4" x 5.5" image on larger 4.25" x 6.5"...

circa 1877, with his Fort Custer, Montana Territory imprint on verso. Identified in the negative as Maiser??. She wears a necklace of pony beads, two

9 x 5.75" albumen print mounted on larger cardstock, titled and copyrighted in the negative. Ironically, though copyrighted by Cross, the origi...

a studio portrait of Walk a Heap, identified and dated 1888 in pen below image, with Geo. W. Scott's Fort Yates, Dakota imprint on recto.  ...

ca 1880s, identified in the negative and with their Calgary, North West Territory imprint. Bald Bull cradles a tack-decorated trade musket. A scarce m

lot of 5 silver gelatin photographs with penciled id's on verso, images include a portrait of Mrs. Hannah Morrison (Prettiest girl in reservatio...

lot of 2 silver gelatin photographs by an unidentified photographer, images include a view of a tipi camp with a row of men on horseback and their dog

lot of two studio portraits, one being an image of an Anglo male and a Comanche Indian with the manuscript caption on verso AS Booten (?) Elreno I.T.

lot of 3, all with Randall's Wilcox, Arizona Territory stamp on verso; two photographs hand-titled on mount, Commanche John and Brother, and Lyra

lot of 4, includes a silver gelatin on printing out paper of a bridled horse on the Blackfoot Agency, Montana, titled Indian Palace Car in negative an

with their Evanston, Wyoming imprint and list of Indian portraits on verso, shown here with a Sharp's carbine and U.S. cartridge belt. Called &q...

lot of 14, circa 1910 images, made by an accomplished amateur, perhaps Charles Lummis, who was noted for using this format. Each 5 x 4" laid on...

a fine studio portrait of Chief San Juan, a Mescalero Apache, with H. Buehman's Tucson, Arizona imprint below image and Apache Chief 70 handwrit...

lot of three studio portraits of young Pueblo children from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, dressed in native attire, with Choate's Carli...

lot of three J.N. Choate photographs, with the photographer's Carlisle, PA backmark, including the following images with manuscript captions on ...

lot of two views by J.N. Choate, the first a studio portrait of Spotted Tail (left), as identified on verso, with an unidentified Indian, includes Cho

lot of two studio portraits of Rosebud Agency Sioux male students from the Carlisle Indian School, dressed in Anglo attire, with Choate's Carlis...

lot of three studio portraits of young, American Indian female students from the Carlisle School, dressed in Anglo attire, with Choate's Carlisl...

lot of nine portraits of American Indians plus George Custer, in various mediums, signed or initialed by Barron Brown. The lot features depictions of

albumen photograph of nine Indian agents taken by S. Spencer at Rosebud Agency, Dakota Territory and dated December 25, 1888; manuscript identificatio

1883-1895, 33 items. A physician with lengthy service in the federal government, Valentine McGillicuddy first arrived in the Dakota Territory in 18

3pp ALS from Charles Jordan to General George Crook in Arizona. Rosebud Agency (DT), 4 Nov. 1882. On United States Indian Service letterhead, marked P

for Boyd, Lynch Anna Creek Gold Mining Company of South Dakota, 5 June 1901, for 100 shares. Valentine McGillycuddy was the Indian Agent at Pine Ri

1p, ALS by H.D. Gallagher, Pine Ridge Agency, 20 Feb. 1889, on U.S. Indian Service letterhead. The bearer White Bird, is a recognized Chief of the Oga

with Barry's Bismarck, Dakota Territory backmark; manuscript caption below image and on verso Crazy Walking/ Judge of Court - Chief of Police. ...

a silver gelatin photograph signed in negative Indian Police, with Indian Police / South Dakota handwritten on verso; 4.5" x 8", unmounted...

including account page from Smith & Ford, Indian Traders, Cheyenne and Arapahoe Agency, dated 30 Sept 1873, on 8.5 x 12.5" accounting sheet...