5191
Four Native American Cabinet Cards, Tucson, Az.
Sold
$225
Timed Auction
Railroad Crossing Discovery Auction: Closing January 6th, 2025
Category
Description
Late 19th century, including one identified as "Yuma Bucks," two young men by a painted backdrop, uncredited, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.; another of an Apache medicine man, posed with a painted hide, identified verso, uncredited; a portrait of a standin Apache or Yuma woman, with olla; and a gag image of a European American man in native costume, with penned tattoos and identification, the photo with credits of Henry Buehman, noted photographer and local politician.
Condition
As is, with various faults and production flaws
Provenance
From the Estate of Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III, Baltimore, Md. and the Collection of Brian Jackson, Baltimore. The Truesdells were early residents of Tucson