FLY CAMILLUS S Promenade card portrait of Geronimo the notor

Sale 1947 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 4,830

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Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 4,500

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Promenade card portrait of Geronimo, the notorious Apache chief, posing with a rifle. Albumen print, 7½x5 inches (19x12.8 cm.), with Fly's hand stamp on print recto; and the photographer's label, with a detailed caption, affixed to mount verso. 1886

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Geronimo was a true Apache warrior, feared by the pioneers and settlers he saw as stealing his land. The Apaches were the last tribe to capitulate to the United States Government. This image was taken during Geronimo's negotiations for surrender with General George Crook in the Sierra Madre Mountains. He later escaped but surrendered again a few months later to General Miles resulting in his confinement to a reservation.<