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April Day 1: Minnesota Art and History

Wed, Apr 27, 2022 11:00AM EDT
Lot 39

Benjamin Upton Minnehaha Falls Photograph

Estimate: $200 - $400

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Benjamin Upton (American, 1818-1910). Cabinet card photograph depicting Native Americans sitting on an cliff overlooking Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Titled "Minnehaha Falls. Sioux Indians in the foreground." Inscribed in ink below this is "about 1860." Numbered "26" in pen along the upper right corner of the mat. Stamped along the verso "Published by E. A. Bromley, Minneapolis, from the original Upton negatives." and "Hill Reference Library St. Paul" along with a library catalog number in pencil.

Provenance: Collection of the James J. Hill Reference Library.

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Unframed; Height: 8 1/4 in x width: 6 in. Matted; Height: 12 in x width: 10 in.

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