The Jim Crain Collection: Texas, California & the Old West

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[NATIVE AMERICANS, CALIFORNIA] 1866 "Digger Indian Hunter" Stereoview

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595. Digger Indian Hunter. Vignetted full-length outdoor portrait. Series title: "California." Albumen stereoview. San Francisco: Lawrence & Houseworth, 1866. Series title, view title, and copyright statement to mount recto. Lawrence & Houseworth's 317 & 319 Montgomery St. imprint to verso.

A candid portrait of a Native American hunter holding a rifle with a brace of coneys tied at his side.

Lawrence & Houseworth operated their gallery at 317 Montgomery Street from 1864 to 1867, after which Thomas Houseworth (1828-1915) established his own gallery.

[Native Americans, Native American History, American Indian, Indian History] [Photography, Early Photography, Historic Photography, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes, Tintypes, Cased Images, Union Cases, Albumen Photographs, CDVs, Carte de Visites, Cartes de Visite, Carte-de-visite, Cartes-de-visite, CDV, Cabinet Cards, Stereoviews, Stereocards, Stereographs] [Western Americana, Western History, Western Expansion, Wild West]

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