Oct 21, 2003 - Sale 1981

Sale 1981 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 6,670
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
FLY, CAMILLUS S. (1849-1901)
"Council between General Crook and Geronimo." Albumen print, 31/4x71/2 inches (8.3x19 cm.), with Fly's hand stamp and titled, with each sitter identified on a typed text label, on mount recto; and with 2 of the photographer's hand stamps on mount verso. 1886

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During the last years of the Apache wars Geronimo and his men were engaged in a heated battle with the U.S. Army. This photograph was taken during the council that would later dictate the terms of their surrender.