Description:
Framed Cabinet Card Photograph by W.S. Soule, depicting Apache Chief Black Hawk, c. 1870, written on the back: ""Black Hawk, Apache chief, the Lipan tribe of the Indian Territory."
Provenance: The collection of Charles F. Fish. Charles Fish was born in 1859 in Fall River, Massachusetts. He traveled west in 1875, and fell in love with all that it entailed. After returning to Massachusetts (he was Chief Bookkeeper at the Granite Mill in Fall River),he began to avidly collect western photography, ordering pieces from many different photographers who specialized in Native Americans, wild west showmen, cowboys, and mountain men. His collection includes many early images, and has been exhibited at the Museum of Natural History in New York; many of the photographs retain the exhibition labels. Charles Fish died in December of 1940.
Exhibitions: The Museum of Natural History, New York, 1921.
Estimate $500-700
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Keywords
Charles F. Fish, Black Hawk, RiverAmerican Indian & Tribal Art
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