[Western Americana] Group of 50-plus photos, RPPCs, and ephemera, including Wild West performers and cowboys
Lot comprised of approximately 50-plus items, including photographs, real photo postcards, and ephemera. Items in overall good condition, with toning, occasional soiling, and edge and corner wear. Highlights include:
Real photo postcard of Gordon W. Lillie, AKA "Pawnee Bill." -- Real photo postcard of "Pawnee Bill" and "May Liillie." -- Real photo postcard of "Buffalo Bill" and "Pawnee Bill" seated at a table together. -- 7 x 5 in. photograph of cowboy film star Tim McCoy, possibly signed (some smudging to signature). - 2 TLSs signed by Will Rogers' secretary J. Tyler, each addressed to Nell Conger of Coshocton, Ohio and dated 12 January and 25 February 1933. Each with letterhead of "Will Rogers, Beverly Hills, California," and accompanied by original envelopes. -- Official Program...Col. W.T. Johnson's Rodeo, Eighth Annual World Series, Cowboy and Cowgirl Championships of 1933. New York: Carey Press Corporation, 1933.
Outdoor photograph of a dude ranch, showing a group of men and women mounted on donkeys and a large steer as well as a Southern Plains Indian lounging on the ground before a large building with a painted wooden sign that reads, "Old Colonial Home." Hot Springs, Arkansas: McLeod. 7 x 9 in. photograph on cardstock mount with photographer's imprint in lower margin, framed. The photograph is dated at lower left, "March 11, 1902." -- Cabinet card, studio portrait of a young man dressed in western attire, aiming his rifle at an unknown target. Canadian Block, Berlin: Trussler & Co. -- Cabinet card, studio portrait of a young, sharply dressed boy posed with a gun in hand and his loyal pup at his side. Minneapolis: Miller. -- 12 photographs and real photo postcards of boys of varying ages dressed as cowboys or Native American subjects, some posed with weaponry, ca early 20th century. -- 2 silver gelatin photographs of cowboys on horseback. Boston: L.F. Foster. Each with photographer's blindstamp at lower right and imprint on verso. Each 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in., one example mounted on cardstock. -- 30 printed postcards featuring illustrations of children dressed as cowboys and cowgirls, some by Bernhardt Wall. -- Christmas card printed using the silk screen process, after a portrait of a woman made by Charlie Russell. Typed notation on verso furnished by the publisher, H. Green Jr., indicating that this "very limited edition was printed by silk screen process...this card is 1/1 and no more... the subject is Mrs. Henriette Thiessen, formerly of Great Falls, Montana, Circa 1907 she was approx. 19 yrs. at the time Charlie Russell painted the original..."
This lot is located in Philadelphia.