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Auction archive: Lot number 332

D.F. Barry Photographs of An Indian Commission at Ft. Lincoln

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$1,175
Auction archive: Lot number 332

D.F. Barry Photographs of An Indian Commission at Ft. Lincoln

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
US$1,175
Beschreibung:

Lot of 2 albumen photographs taken by D. F. Barry on August 7, 1889, with his Bismarck, Dakota mark on recto, 8 x 9.75 in. Photographs with manuscript identifications on verso, the first reads Indian Commission/ Gen. Crook, Gov. Fasler, Maj. Warner, the second, a group photograph of Mrs. L. Powell Gen. Crook, Mrs. Maj. Powell/ Gov. Fasler, Maj. Powell, Maj. Warner, Maj. Randall. The lot is accompanied by a celluloid negative of the second group portrait, 3.75 x 4.75 in. In the summer of 1889, General George Crook was appointed head of a new Commission to persuade the Sioux to accept an Act that involved breaking up the great Sioux Reservation. These photographs may have been taken in the midst of this Commission. Subsequently, the Sioux signed an agreement with the U.S. Government in 1889, and a significant portion of their land was thrown open to settlers. Condition: Negatives produced Aug. 7, 1889.

Auction archive: Lot number 332
Auction:
Datum:
8 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
Beschreibung:

Lot of 2 albumen photographs taken by D. F. Barry on August 7, 1889, with his Bismarck, Dakota mark on recto, 8 x 9.75 in. Photographs with manuscript identifications on verso, the first reads Indian Commission/ Gen. Crook, Gov. Fasler, Maj. Warner, the second, a group photograph of Mrs. L. Powell Gen. Crook, Mrs. Maj. Powell/ Gov. Fasler, Maj. Powell, Maj. Warner, Maj. Randall. The lot is accompanied by a celluloid negative of the second group portrait, 3.75 x 4.75 in. In the summer of 1889, General George Crook was appointed head of a new Commission to persuade the Sioux to accept an Act that involved breaking up the great Sioux Reservation. These photographs may have been taken in the midst of this Commission. Subsequently, the Sioux signed an agreement with the U.S. Government in 1889, and a significant portion of their land was thrown open to settlers. Condition: Negatives produced Aug. 7, 1889.

Auction archive: Lot number 332
Auction:
Datum:
8 Dec 2009
Auction house:
Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
Este Ave 6270
Cincinnati OH 45232
United States
info@cowans.com
+1 (0)513 8711670
+1 (0)513 8718670
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