Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 300
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Choate, John N. Large cabinet card of an Indian delegation at Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Albumen print, 4 3/4 x 8 inches, on original Choate mount; minor dampstaining, pencil captions on recto and verso, photographer's advertisement on verso. Carlisle, PA, circa 1880
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The boarding school at Carlisle was founded in 1879, and took in Indians from across the country in an effort to further assimilation. The caption on verso reads "Delegation of Iowa's, Sac & Fox's." The school's founder Richard H. Pratt stands to the left. Also identified is school inspector James M. Haworth.