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Fall Photographic History Auction, 2025

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  2025-09-06 13:00:00 2025-09-06 13:00:00 America/New_York Michael Lehr Michael Lehr : Fall Photographic History Auction, 2025 https://auction.michaellehrantiques.com/auctions/michael-lehr-antiques/fall-photographic-history-auction-2025-20189
We are pleased to announce our next auction, featuring approximately 200 individual lots drawn from a diverse and compelling range of 19th- and early 20th-century photography. This sale focuses on vernacular images, photographs created not as formal studio portraits or elite commissions, but as direct, unscripted records of lived experience. These are objects made by and for everyday people, preserving moments of intimacy, labor, travel, performance, identity, and loss.
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Lot 305

Cabinet Card of Three Native American Women in Blankets

Estimate: $400 - $600
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$200

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cabinet card photograph depicting three Native American women standing beside a canvas teepee and a horse-drawn wagon. Each woman is wrapped in a bold, patterned trade blanket, showcasing a rich variety of textile designs, possibly of Navajo or Pueblo origin. Their expressions are calm yet resolute, and they stand shoulder to shoulder, conveying both individuality and collective strength.

The carefully composed outdoor scene is filled with detail, from the textures of the women's garments and hairstyles to the wooden spokes of the wagon wheel and the folds of the tent canvas. Likely dating to the late 19th century, the image captures a transitional moment in Indigenous life, combining traditional dress with elements of encroaching settler technology. An evocative and culturally rich photograph offering a rare view into Native identity, resilience, and dignity during a time of profound change.

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