The Cardozo Collection of Edward S. Curtis – Ephemera Offerings

Edward S. Curtis Self Portrait, ca. 1899

Photogravure on Van Gelder etching stock

10 x 6 15/16 in. (25.40 x 17.62 cm.), Paper: 15 x 11 1/8 in. (38.10 x 28.26 cm.)

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"Elsie Allen" Sailboat, ca. 1914

Cyanotype

6 x 4 1/4 in. (15.24 x 10.80 cm.)

Curtis used this boat for his field trips to British Columbia and Alaska.

$1,750

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement, Olney, Set #74, 1907

Letter press print

10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. (26.35 x 20 cm.)

Signed: Elam Ward Olney
In Ink: this copy to be signed by Theodore Roosevelt

$1,500

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The North American Indian Patrons' Form of Subscription, ca. 1907

Ephemera

5 1/2 x 9 1/4 in. (13.97 x 23.50 cm.)

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement, Brown, Set #47, 1909

Letter press print

12 3/4 x 8 in. (32.39 x 20.32 cm.)

Signed: Mrs Annie M Brown
Notes the set to be autographed by Curtis and Franklin Roosevelt

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement (half-sheet), Worthington, Set #84, 1909

Letter press print

8 11/16 x 7 7/8 in. (22.07 x 20 cm.)

$1,500

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement, Yrae, Set #243, 1911

Letter press print

10 3/8 x 7 15/16 in. (26.35 x 20.16 cm.)

Signed: ‘Yraye’

$1,500

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement, DC Collier, Set #255, 1912

Letter press print

12 3/4 x 8 in. (32.39 x 20.32 cm.)

Signed: DC Collier

$1,500

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement, Ballantine, Set #358, 1913

Letter press print

12 3/4 x 8 in. (32.39 x 20.32 cm.)

Signed: Penny Ballantine

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement, Stickney, Set #414, 1914

Letter press print

12 1/16 x 8 in. (30.64 x 20.32 cm.)

Signed: Stickney

$1,500

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The North American Indian Subscription Agreement, Glenconner, Set #470, 1920

Letter press print

12 7/8 x 7 15/16 in. (32.70 x 20.16 cm.)

Signed: Glenconner

$1,500

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Signal Fire to the Mountain Gods, With Greeting Card, ca. 1909

Photogravure & ephemera

Image: 8 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (21.27 x 14.29 cm.), Card: 3 x 5 in. (7.62 x 12.70 cm.)

Signed in the plate, lower center: E.S. Curtis

Comes with original holiday greeting card from Curtis.
Presentation print on vintage bifold folder made of hand made laid paper.

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Zuni Maid, ca. 1904

Penny postcard

5 3/16 x 3 1/8 in. (13.18 x 7.94 cm.)

Zuni, Southwest

$150

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The North American Indian Prospectus Proof, ca. 1904

Letter press print & photogravure

12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.75 x 24.13 cm.)

Included in this lot is photogravures of: “The Oath” and “Navaho Medicine Man”

This is a galley proof of The North American Indian prospectus, and is unique, with hand-written notations.

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The North American Indian Prospectus, ca. 1908

Letter press print

12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.75 x 24.45 cm.)

$1,250

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The North American Indian Prospectus, ca. 1908

Letter press print & photogravure

12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in. (31.75 x 48.58 cm.)

Included in the prospectus is a photogravure of “The Pool – Apache”

$3,000

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The North American Indian Lauriat Prospectus & Envelope, ca. 1935

Letter press print & photogravure

Envelope: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.), Prints: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.)

Includes two photogravures, The Oath – Apache and The Wedding Party – Qagyuhl

$2,000

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The North American Indian Lauriat Prospectus & Envelope, ca. 1935

Letter press print & photogravure

Envelope: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.), Prints: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.)

Includes two photogravures, The Oath – Apache and The Wedding Party – Qagyuhl

$2,000

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The North American Indian Lauriat Prospectus & Envelope, ca. 1935

Letter press print & photogravure

Envelope: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.), Prints: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.)

Includes two photogravures, The Oath – Apache and The Wedding Party – Qagyuhl

$2,000

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The North American Indian Lauriat Prospectus & Envelope, ca. 1935

Letter press print & photogravure

Envelope: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.), Prints: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.)

Includes two photogravures, The Oath – Apache and The Wedding Party – Qagyuhl

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The North American Indian Lauriat Prospectus and Envelope, ca. 1935

Letter press print & photogravure

Envelope: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.), Prints: 12 5/8 x 9 9/16 in. (32.07 x 24.29 cm.)

Includes two photogravures, The Oath – Apache and The Wedding Party – Qagyuhl

$2,000

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Advertising Brochure for The North American Indian, ca. 1908

Brochure on handmade paper with half-tone dot image

Booklet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (23.50 x 15.88 cm.), Interior pages (open): 8 7/8 x 12 in. (22.54 x 30.48 cm.)

Has half tone dot image of Crow Eagle – Piegan

$1,200

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Advertising Brochure for The North American Indian, ca. 1908

Brochure on handmade paper with half-tone dot image

Booklet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (23.50 x 15.88 cm.), Interior pages (open): 8 7/8 x 12 in. (22.54 x 30.48 cm.)

Printed on card, inside front cover: This brochure is for presentation to Howard S. Rath Esq

Has half tone dot image of Crow Eagle – Piegan

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Advertising Brochure for The North American Indian, ca. 1908

Brochure on handmade paper with half-tone dot image

Booklet: 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (23.50 x 15.88 cm.), Interior pages (open): 8 7/8 x 12 in. (22.54 x 30.48 cm.)

Has half tone dot image of Crow Eagle – Piegan

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Curtis Studio Brochure, ca. 1908

Brochure

7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in. (18.26 x 23.18 cm.), Inside pages: 6 15/16 x 8 5/8 in. (17.62 x 21.91 cm.)

This is an original brochure detailing the images and pricing for platinum prints and goldtones.

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Curtis Studio Brochure, ca. 1908

Brochure

7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in. (18.26 x 23.18 cm.), Inside pages: 6 15/16 x 8 5/8 in. (17.62 x 21.91 cm.)

This is an original brochure detailing the images and pricing for platinum prints and goldtones.

$800

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Curtis Studio Brochure for Platinum Prints, ca. 1912

Brochure

7 3/16 x 9 1/8 in. (18.26 x 23.18 cm.), Inside pages: 6 15/16 x 8 5/8 in. (17.62 x 21.91 cm.)

Custom bound, hand-made paper, letter-press, half-tone images

This is an original brochure detailing the images and pricing for platinum prints and goldtones.

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Field Notes with Image of a Mohave Woman, ca. 1904

Silver gelatin print – toned & type written note

Image: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (21.59 x 16.51 cm.), Notes: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm.)

Mojave, Southwest

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ESC Research Material with Holographic Notes, Yakima, ca. 1909

Type written notes

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm.)

$800

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Royal Netherlands Geological Society Review, ca. 1910

Bound letter press print

10 x 6 1/2 in. (25.40 x 16.51 cm.)

$400

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Royal Netherlands Geological Society Review, ca. 1910

Bound booklet

10 x 6.56 in. (25.40 x 16.67 cm.), Inside pages, open: 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. (24.13 x 32.07 cm.)

$400

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ESC Research Material with Holographic Notes, Haida, ca. 1915

Type written note

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm.)

$650

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Research Material with Holographic Notes, Clayoquot, ca. 1915

Type written note

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm.)Letter from A.T. Sinclair, 1908

$800

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Letter from A.T. Sinclair, 1908

Type written letter

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm.)

This letter is from A.T. Sinclair to Edward Curtis regarding tattoo markings.

$750

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Roosevelt Signature and Letter, 1909

Type written letter & photogravure

Booklet: 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. (31.43 x 23.81 cm.), Letter: 11 x 8 5/8 in. (27.94 x 21.91 cm.)

Signed: Theodore Roosevelt

Roosevelt signature in TNAI excerpt and a letter to Harry Hurd

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Letter from The North American Indian offices to G.F.O Smillie, 1911

Type written letter

Letter: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (19.05 x 24.77 cm.), Envelope: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (11.43 x 13.97 cm.)

Signed: Edward S. Curtis

Letter to G.F.O Smillie on TNAI letter head regarding engraving of Teddy Rosevelt

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Letter to Curtis from Aeroscope Kinematograph Hand Camera (Movie Camera), 1914

Letter press print

10 3/8 x 8 1/8 in. (26.35 x 20.64 cm.)

$900

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Letter to Richard Crane, 1915

Type written letter

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm.)

Signed: Edward S Curits

This letter from Curtis is regarding his portfolio and volume 10 being sent.

$1,000

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Application for Copyright - Photograph Published for Sale, ca. 1912

Ephemera

3 1/4 x 6 in. (8.26 x 15.24 cm.)

$500

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Picture Musicale Announcement for Performance in Seattle, ca. 1911-12

Ephemera

4 1/4 x 12 1/16 in. (10.80 x 30.64 cm.)

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The Vanishing Race Poem by E. Higginson, ca. 1911

Ephemera

6 3/8 x 4 7/8 in. (16.19 x 12.38 cm.)

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Scribner's - Vintage Article "Vanishing Indian Types", June 1906

Ephemera – half tone images

9 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. (23.81 x 33.66 cm.)

$400

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Mentor Magazine - George Bird Grinnell article "First Families of America" - "Indian Life Through the Lens" article on Curtis' The North American Indian project, ca. 1921

Bound magazine

10 7/8 x 9 15/16 in. (27.62 x 25.24 cm.)

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Guildhall Library J.P. Morgan Gift and Reviews, ca. 1907

Printed text

12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.48 x 24.13 cm.)

$300

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Green Hotel Announcement (Hotel Green, Pasadena CA.), ca. 1903

Paper brochure

Open: 7 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (19.05 x 28.58 cm.), Closed: 5 11/16 x 7 1/2 in. (14.45 x 19.05 cm.)

$275

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Zuni Girl, ca. 1904

Penny postcard

Zuni, Southwest

5 3/16 x 3 1/8 in. (13.18 x 7.94 cm.)

$150

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Chief Joseph, ca. 1904

Penny postcard

Nez Perce, Plateau & Woodlands

5 3/16 x 3 1/4 in. (13.18 x 8.26 cm.)

$300

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Untitled Cabinet Card (Family with two children), ca. 1892

Cabinet card

6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.51 x 10.80 cm.)

Printed in lower margin: Imperial Studio Rothi and Curtis 713 Third St. Seattle, Wash

This is a cabinet card from Curtis’ first studio partnership with Rasmus Rothi in Seattle.

$800

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Untitled Cabinet Card (Young Gentleman), ca. 1893

Cabinet card

6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.51 x 10.80 cm.)

Embossed in lower margin: Curtis & Guptil 614 Second St. Seattle, Wash

This is a cabinet card from Curtis’ second studio partnership with Thomas Hnery Guptil in Seattle.

$500

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Interior View of Seattle Studio Dressing Room, 1893

Silver gelatin print – toned

9 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. (23.81 x 19.37 cm.)

$850

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Studio Portrait Woman in Navy Shirt, ca. 1908

Silver gelatin border print

7 x 4 15/16 in. (17.78 x 12.54 cm.), Paper: 10 9/16 x 6 15/16 in. (26.83 x 17.62 cm.)

Signed in black ink at lower right: Curtis

Studio blind stamp, at lower left corner: THE CURTIS STUDIO SEATTLE

$275

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Curtis Studio Portrait (Female), ca. 1925

Silver gelatin print – hand colored

4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.22 x 9.84 cm.), Frame: 7 1/4 x 6 3/16 in. (18.42 x 15.72 cm.)

Signed in black ink at lower right: Curtis L.A

$1,000

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Curtis Studio Portrait (Male), ca. 1925

silver gelatin print – hand colored

4 13/16 x 3 7/8 in. (12.22 x 9.84 cm.), Frame: 7 1/4 x 6 3/16 in. (18.42 x 15.72 cm.)

Signed in black ink at lower right: Curtis L.A

On frame verso: EDWARD S. CURTIS STUDIO BILTMORE HOTEL LOS ANGELES

$1,000

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Studio Portrait of Girl Sitting, ca. 1925

Silver gelatin print – toned

6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.51 x 11.43 cm.), Mount: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (29.85 x 19.69 cm.)

Signed, in the negative at lower right: Curtis L.A.

$800

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Studio Portrait of Girl Standing, ca. 1925

Silver gelatin print – toned

6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.51 x 11.43 cm.), Mount: 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. (29.85 x 19.69 cm.)

Signed, in the negative at lower right: Curtis L.A.

$800

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Edward S. Curtis, Clara Philips, Effie Grace Garst Wheeler (Daughter of John Garst), ca. 1887

Silver gelatin print – toned

4 x 6 3/4 in. (10.16 x 17.15 cm.), Mount: 5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (13.34 x 20.96 cm.)

$1,400

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Ellen Curtis (Curtis' Mother), ca. 1900

Silver gelatin print – untoned

5 1/2 x 3 13/16 in. (13.97 x 9.68 cm.), Mount: 7 13/16 x 5 1/16 in. (19.84 x 12.86 cm.)

Printed on lower margin: Curtis Seattle Wash

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10 Commandments Film Still (Leatrice Joy and Richard Dixx), ca. 1923

Silver gelatin print – blue toned

13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (34.29 x 26.67 cm.), Mount: 19 5/8 x 17 7/8 in. (49.85 x 45.40 cm.)

At lower left corner of mount: EDWARD S. CURTIS STUDIO BILTMORE HOTEL LOS ANGELES

$1,400

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10 Commandments Film Still (Theodore Roberts and Charles De Roche), ca. 1923

Silver gelatin print – blue toned

10 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (26.67 x 34.61 cm.), Mount: 14 5/8 x 18 1/4 in. (37.15 x 46.36 cm.)

At lower left corner of mount: EDWARD S. CURTIS STUDIO BILTMORE HOTEL LOS ANGELES

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10 Commandments Film Still (Rod Larocq and Leatrice Joy), ca. 1923

Silver gelatin print – blue toned

10 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (26.67 x 34.61 cm.), Mount: 12 1/2 x 15 9/16 in. (31.75 x 39.53 cm.)

At lower left corner of mount: EDWARD S. CURTIS STUDIO BILTMORE HOTEL LOS ANGELES

$1,200

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Untitled (Child in Costume Kneeling by Pool of Water), ca. 1923

Silver gelatin print – blue toned

13 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. (34.29 x 25.72 cm.), Mount: 20 x 17 7/8 in. (50.80 x 45.40 cm.)

Signed in negative at lower right: Curtis

At lower left corner of mount: EDWARD S. CURTIS STUDIO BILTMORE HOTEL LOS ANGELES

$1,600

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From Aphrodite Series (Nude Woman with Fabric and Vase), ca. 1920

Silver gelatin print – blue toned

9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in. (22.97 x 18.73 cm.)

Signed in negative at lower right: Curtis L.A. ©

$1,500

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Film Still of "The Arab", starring Roman Navarro, ca. 1924

Silver gelatin print – untoned on double weight paper

9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in. (23.65 x 18.57 cm.), paper: 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24.13 x 19.05 cm.)

Signed in black ink at lower right: Curtis L.A.

$1,000

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Hopi Snake Dance Booklet, 1977

Ephemera

8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (21.59 x 13.97 cm.)

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The North American Indian Prospectus reproduction by "Curtis Gravures", ca. 1975

Half tone print reproductions

11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.94 x 21.59 cm.)

Includes three copies of the booklet.

$50

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