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May Vernacular Photo History Auction

Wed, May 6, 2026 11:00AM EDT
  2026-05-06 11:00:00 2026-05-06 11:00:00 America/New_York Michael Lehr Michael Lehr : May Vernacular Photo History Auction https://auction.michaellehrantiques.com/auctions/michael-lehr-antiques/may-vernacular-photo-history-auction-22757
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Lot 520

Album Page 3 Native American Portrait Photographs

Estimate: $500 - $700
Starting Bid
$250

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Album page with four mounted albumen photographs, two 4" x 6" depicting Native American subjects, with two boudoir sized architectural views on the reverse. The photographs appear to date to the late nineteenth century based on format and photographic style. Photographers unidentified on the portrait images.

The upper front photograph shows a studio group portrait of seven Native American men posed with blankets, beadwork, staffs, and feathered headdresses against a painted studio backdrop. The lower front photograph shows a standing Native American man wearing a large feather headdress and holding a hatchet and revolver while posed outdoors with one foot raised on a rock. The reverse of the album page contains two architectural views identified in-image as “Hotel del Monte, full front view” and “Ground and Front, ‘Hotel del Monte,’ Monterey,” both credited “Taber Photo, San Francisco,” showing the hotel building and landscaped grounds with large trees and walkways.

Album page measuring approximately 9 x 13 inches with mounted photographs approximately 4 x 6 inches.

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