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Lot of 5, including 4 silver gelatin photographs. D.F. Barry: Superior, WI, ca 1890s-early 1900s. Silver gelatin photograph, 5 x 7 in. Red Cloud. Pencil identified on verso. Barry's blindstamp in lower portion of print and applied paper label on verso. Seated view of the famed Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud (1822-1909). Minor corner and edge wear to photograph. Oval silver gelatin photograph, 4 x 6 in., on 6.5 x 9 in. mount. Crow King. Barry's blindstamp on mount at lower left. Portrait of Crow King (d. 1884) in US Major's army jacket with bone "hairpipe" breast plate. During the battle of the Little Bighorn, Crow King and his band of 80 warriors attacked Custer from the south, allowing Crazy Horse and Gall to encircle the doomed 7th Cavalry. Very fine to near excellent condition. Silver gelatin photograph, 7 x 8.75 in. Chief Plenty Coos. Penciled identified on verso. Barry's blindstamp at lower right and Superior, WI applied paper label on verso. Plenty Coos, also "Coups," (1849-1932), was a noted Crow warrior who became chief at age 25. After his death, the Crow decided that the title "Chief" would no longer be used. Light corner and edge wear to photograph. Silver gelatin photograph, 6.5 x 8.5 in. Chief Joseph. Pencil identified on verso. Barry's blindstamp at lower right. Enlarged portrait of the Nez Perce leader (1840-1904). Light corner and edge wear, including creased lower right corner. Reed, Roland. Photographic Art Studies of the North American Indian. Ortonville, MN: Roland Reed n.d. Printed catalog. Narrow 4to in illustrated paper wraps, 16pp, each page illustrated with four photomechanical prints of Reed's images. Covers and interior pages clean, but some pages fully detached from staple-bound paper wraps.