Oct 22, 2020 - Sale 2548

Sale 2548 - Lot 237

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
H.R. LOCKE (1856-1927)
Calamity Jane, General Crook's Scout.
Silver print, the image measuring 9 1/4x5 1/2 inches (23.5x14 cm.), the sheet 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), flush mounted, with Locke's credit, title, and date, in the negative, and two Culver Pictures hand stamps, on mount verso. 1895; printed 1920s
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Though referencing her time as a scout under General Crook, where she earned the nickname "Calamity Jane," this photograph was taken in 1895 when Calamity Jane was performing as a sharpshooter in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.