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Auction archive: Lot number 241

Western Personalities Incl. "Chinese Actor," Cities, and Landscapes Documented in Photographs by Watkins, Taber, Curtis, Hillers, Hook, and More

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$500
Auction archive: Lot number 241

Western Personalities Incl. "Chinese Actor," Cities, and Landscapes Documented in Photographs by Watkins, Taber, Curtis, Hillers, Hook, and More

Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$500
Beschreibung:

Lot of 25 photographs. Highlights include: Photograph, possibly platinum, 7 x 9.5 in. Studio portrait of an aged woman. Edward S. Curtis Studios: Los Angeles, CA, ca 1920s. Ink signed lower right "Curtis, LA." Mounted and housed in folder with "Edward S. Curtis Studios / Los Angeles" printed below photograph, and "Edward S. Curtis Studio / Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles" printed on front cover. Some light wear to folder edges and corners. Photograph in very fine condition. Boudoir card. Chinese Actor, S.F. Watkins: San Francisco, CA, ca late 1800s. Light, even toning to print. Minor corner and edge wear to mount. Minor remnants of adhesive on mount verso. Unmounted albumen photograph, 6.5 x 8.5 in. Grand Dining Room of the Chinese Restaurant, Dupont Street, San Francisco. Taber: San Francisco, CA, ca late 1800s. Even toning to photograph. Light corner and edge wear. Albumen photograph, 7.75 x 9.75 in., on 10 x 11.25 in. mount. Grand Canon of the Colorado, showing first bench and south wall looking north, via Williams. Taber: San Francisco, CA, ca late 1800s. Toning to print. Spotting and corner/edge wear to mount. Photograph, possibly platinum, 7 x 9.5 in. Studio portrait of an aged woman. Edward S. Curtis Studios: Los Angeles, CA, ca 1920s. Ink signed lower right "Curtis, LA." Mounted and housed in folder with "Edward S. Curtis Studios / Los Angeles" printed below photograph, and "Edward S. Curtis Studio / Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles" printed on front cover. Some light wear to folder edges and corners. Photograph in very fine condition. Albumen photograph, 11.5 x 15 in., on 12 x 16 in. mount. Untitled and uncredited photograph showing a wall filled from top to bottom with mounted taxidermy animal heads, ca late 1800s. Light spotting on mount. 16 photographs, approx. 4.5 x 7.25 in. or larger, mounted front/back of 4 loose album pages. Each either titled in negative or accompanied by inked identification on mount. Photographer's credited in the negatives include Hook, Hiestand, and Waite, and subject matter includes views of the Grand Canyon and the town of Flagstaff, Arizona, the Garden of the Gods in Colorado, and Camulos Ranch, Ramona's Home, California. Toning to most images, scattered spotting on some images, few with minor corner wear or loss. Album pages with chipping, corner and edge wear. Stereoview. Views on Boulder Creek: Driftwood Falls. Hillers: Department of the Interior, US Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1875. With "Department of the Interior" applied paper label on verso. Deep rich tones. Light corner and edge wear to mount, including minor loss to lower left corner. Cabinet card. The Platte Canal in Platte Canyon Colorado. Bates & Muhl: Tabor Block, Denver, CO, ca 1870s-1880s. Title and following imprint below image, "Presented to the Grand Army of the Republic by the Platte Land Co. (Ld.)," and printed information about irrigation on mount verso. Light toning to image, which retains rich tones. Small dark smudge on image. Light corner/edge wear including small pinhole near top margin of print/mount. Photograph, 6 x 8 in. Grand Canyon Pompeii Pillar. Maude: ca late 1800s. With Burea of American Ethnology handstand on verso. Loss to top right corner of print. Photograph of rocky western landscape, 8 x 10 in. Photographer unknown: ca early 1900s. Remnants of labels on verso.

Auction archive: Lot number 241
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jul 2020
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 25 photographs. Highlights include: Photograph, possibly platinum, 7 x 9.5 in. Studio portrait of an aged woman. Edward S. Curtis Studios: Los Angeles, CA, ca 1920s. Ink signed lower right "Curtis, LA." Mounted and housed in folder with "Edward S. Curtis Studios / Los Angeles" printed below photograph, and "Edward S. Curtis Studio / Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles" printed on front cover. Some light wear to folder edges and corners. Photograph in very fine condition. Boudoir card. Chinese Actor, S.F. Watkins: San Francisco, CA, ca late 1800s. Light, even toning to print. Minor corner and edge wear to mount. Minor remnants of adhesive on mount verso. Unmounted albumen photograph, 6.5 x 8.5 in. Grand Dining Room of the Chinese Restaurant, Dupont Street, San Francisco. Taber: San Francisco, CA, ca late 1800s. Even toning to photograph. Light corner and edge wear. Albumen photograph, 7.75 x 9.75 in., on 10 x 11.25 in. mount. Grand Canon of the Colorado, showing first bench and south wall looking north, via Williams. Taber: San Francisco, CA, ca late 1800s. Toning to print. Spotting and corner/edge wear to mount. Photograph, possibly platinum, 7 x 9.5 in. Studio portrait of an aged woman. Edward S. Curtis Studios: Los Angeles, CA, ca 1920s. Ink signed lower right "Curtis, LA." Mounted and housed in folder with "Edward S. Curtis Studios / Los Angeles" printed below photograph, and "Edward S. Curtis Studio / Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles" printed on front cover. Some light wear to folder edges and corners. Photograph in very fine condition. Albumen photograph, 11.5 x 15 in., on 12 x 16 in. mount. Untitled and uncredited photograph showing a wall filled from top to bottom with mounted taxidermy animal heads, ca late 1800s. Light spotting on mount. 16 photographs, approx. 4.5 x 7.25 in. or larger, mounted front/back of 4 loose album pages. Each either titled in negative or accompanied by inked identification on mount. Photographer's credited in the negatives include Hook, Hiestand, and Waite, and subject matter includes views of the Grand Canyon and the town of Flagstaff, Arizona, the Garden of the Gods in Colorado, and Camulos Ranch, Ramona's Home, California. Toning to most images, scattered spotting on some images, few with minor corner wear or loss. Album pages with chipping, corner and edge wear. Stereoview. Views on Boulder Creek: Driftwood Falls. Hillers: Department of the Interior, US Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 1875. With "Department of the Interior" applied paper label on verso. Deep rich tones. Light corner and edge wear to mount, including minor loss to lower left corner. Cabinet card. The Platte Canal in Platte Canyon Colorado. Bates & Muhl: Tabor Block, Denver, CO, ca 1870s-1880s. Title and following imprint below image, "Presented to the Grand Army of the Republic by the Platte Land Co. (Ld.)," and printed information about irrigation on mount verso. Light toning to image, which retains rich tones. Small dark smudge on image. Light corner/edge wear including small pinhole near top margin of print/mount. Photograph, 6 x 8 in. Grand Canyon Pompeii Pillar. Maude: ca late 1800s. With Burea of American Ethnology handstand on verso. Loss to top right corner of print. Photograph of rocky western landscape, 8 x 10 in. Photographer unknown: ca early 1900s. Remnants of labels on verso.

Auction archive: Lot number 241
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jul 2020
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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