A grouping of 31 different forms of early photography featuring taxidermy mounts of horns and horned animals, especially buffaloes, ca. 1866-1952. Included are 17 stereoviews, one (1) negative and its result, eight (8) cabinet cards and four (4) postcards taken by several different photographers across the United States. 

 

This lot includes: 

1. View of two buffalo pulling a cart with one man seated inside and two boys standing next to it. Postcard. N.p. Approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. 

 

2. Texas "Longhorns." Cattle now Extinct. Collection of W.R. Muter, Cotulla, Tex. Postcard. N.p. Approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Title from negative. 

 

3. Buffalo Horn Chair. Horn-Palace Inn. San Antonio Tex. Postcard. N.p. Approx. 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. Title from negative. 

 

4. View of child sitting on buffalo statue holding an American flag. Trimmed postcard. N.p. Approx. 3 x 5 1/2 in. 

 

5. Photograph of a painting showing two Native American men on horseback in between two buffalo. Cabinet card. San Jose, California: Wright. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

6. View of mounted horns and items made of horns with inventory numbers. Cabinet card. Windsor, New York: Conrad and Binghamton, New York: Binghamton Art Gallery. Imprint to mount recto and verso. Provenance stamp to mount verso. 

 

7. 36 Independence on the Plains. Gathering Chips. Cabinet card. N.p. Title of photo in negative. Remnants of information stamped to mount verso. 

 

8. 75 America F.G.O.S. Cabinet card. London, England: Stereoscopic Co. Imprint to mount recto. Name written in period ink to mount verso. 

 

9. Horn Chair with Leopard Seat, Morse Museum, Warren N.H. Negative. N.p. Approx. 3 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Inscription etched into negative recto. 

 

10. Horn Chair with Leopard Seat, Morse Museum, Warren N.H. Postcard. Waban, Massachusetts: Maynard Workshop, publisher. Approx. 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. Title printed to mount recto. Copyright information to mount verso. 

 

11. 15011—Grand Basin from Art Hill, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A. Stereoview. Meadville, Pennsylvania: Keystone View Company, publisher. Imprint to mount recto. Informational paragraphs printed to mount verso. 

 

12. 191. Buffalo Hunting in Montana. Stereoview. Tyrone, Pennsylvania: R.K. Bonine. Title printed to mount recto. Imprint to mount verso. 

 

13. View of three men at a bar with two chairs, one made of bear fur and claws and the other made of antlers. Stereoview. San Jose, California: W.E. Warren, Son & Co. Imprint to mount recto. Publisher's imprint to mount verso. 

 

14. Monarch of the Prairie. Stereoview. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Whitney & Zimmerman. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

15. 608 Reception Hall, Tahoe Tavern, Lake Tahoe, California, U.S.A. Stereoview. Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

16. (52) 8564 "The Destiny of the Red Man" a striking group in the Sunken Gardens, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, U.S.A. Stereoview. Bennington, Vermont: H.C. White. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

17. Group America, Art Gallery. Stereoview. Series, "New Excelsior Series." Philadelphia: John Trenworth. Imprint to mount recto and verso. 

 

18. 35. Buffalo Indian Chief. Stereoview. [Nebraska: Carbutt.] Title printed to mount recto. Pencil inscription possibly identifying photographer to mount verso. 

 

19. Buffalo. Stereoview. Series, "Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain Views." Colorado Springs, Colorado: Gurnsey. Imprint and period ink inscription to mount verso. 

 

20. He Died Fighting for His Native Land. Stereoview. Butte, Montana: N.A. Forsyth. Title printed to mount recto. Imprint to mount verso. 

 

21. 134.—Buffalo Skulls. Stereoview. Series, "Views in the Rocky Mountains." Washington, D.C.: W.H. Jackson. E. & H.T. Anthony, publisher. Imprint to mount recto and verso. 

 

22. and 23. 16582—A Remarkable Collection of Horns — Buck Horn Restaurant, San Antonio Texas. Stereoviews. Meadville, Pennsylvania: Keystone View Company, publisher. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

24. 467. Head of a Mountain Buffalo. Stereoview. Decatur, Illinois: International View Co. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

25. 61. Buffalo, Banff, The Last of his Race. Stereoview. Series, "Canadian Alpine Series." Banff, Canada: Byron Harmon. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

26. The last of the Buffalo. Stereoview. Series, "American and Foreign Views." Philadelphia: Griffith & Griffith, publisher. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

27. 16583—Interior of Buck Horn Restaurant, Showing Some Fine Specimens of Horns and a Deer Picture Made Up of Snake Rattles, San Antonio Texas. Stereoview. Meadville, Pennsylvania: Keystone View Company, publisher. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

28. View of a baby sitting in a plush chair with antler accents. Cabinet card. Marengo, Iowa: C.A. Cartwright. Imprint to mount recto. Possible period identification to mount verso. 

 

29. View of a baby sitting on a small antlered stool. Cabinet card. Sandy, Utah: White. Imprint to mount recto. 

 

30. Studio portrait of a mean leaning against a high-back chair made of antlers. Cabinet card. Steamboat Springs, Colorado: Stewart. Imprint to mount recto. Period inscription and identification to mount verso. 

 

31. View of situated stuffed animals with a bison head centered. Cabinet card. N.p. 

 

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