Page 152 - 4094-BOOK1

LOT 142
Grouping of Attractive Mostly L. A. Huffman Native
American Prints - The grouping contains nine very desirable
Native American prints, with eight being by L. A. Huffman
(1854-1931) and one by William Henry Jackson and stamped
the Detroit Photographic Co. The prints by Huffman all show
Native Americans one of his more common subjects in his early
photographic career. Six of the prints are marked with Huffman’s
copyright, one is backed with card stamped on the back for
Huffman, and one is on paper which has Kodak watermarks
on the back along with an L. A. Huffman stamp (one of the
women’s faces is crossed out with pen). The prints all feature
Native American men, women, and children in traditional dress.
The vivid print of “The Return of the Hunters,” 1904 by William
Henry Jackson (1843 – 1942) and stamped by The Detroit
Photographic Company portrays Native Americans returning
from home from a hunt. The village near a lake with three men
in a canoe arrive at the shore where some women and children
wait. The Photochrome color print has a 1904 copyright in
the lower right and it is matted with cream colored card. The
large print measures 12 x 14 inches including the card, while
the other prints are smaller cabinet card sized. Jackson was
a famed American photographer, Civil War Veteran, a storied
explorer of the American West. Jackson and was inducted to the
International Photography Hall of Fame in 1982.
CONDITION: All are fine or better showing distinct imagery and
minimal fading with some scattered light handling/storage
marks and a few light stains. An attractive grouping of Native
American prints!
Provenance: The John Fox Collection.
Estimate: 1,400 - 2,000
150