Curtis Studios Labels, Seattle and Los Angeles. [CURTIS, EDWARD S. 1868-1952]. A group of original Curtis Studios orotone and photograph labels. Present are two types of labels: 5 x 3 ½' labels ('THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN, 64 Cobb Bldg., Seattle, Wash.'); 3 ½ x 4' labels ('THE EDWARD S. CURTIS STUDIOS, Inc., Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles'). Most of the Los Angeles labels have an 'index' divider at the front being a copy of the label itself tipped to a card with the studio name printed in blue at the bottom (mounted so the name of the image is visible, but the labels are all chipping, and several names are detached). Both Seattle and Los Angeles labels are present for the following images: • Out of the Darkness • The Oath • Prayer to the Stars • The Rush Gatherer • Canon del Muerto • Women of the Desert • Maid of Dreams • The Fisherman • Flathead Camp on the Jocko • Homeward • The Clam Digger • At the Old Well of Acoma • Son of the Desert • The Piki Maker Los Angeles labels only are present for the following images: • The Scout Apache • Signal Fire to the Mountain God • Aphrodite (printed in blue, no index card present) • Canon de Chelly • The Chief of Crater Lake Seattle labels only are present for the following images: • Before the Storm • Chief of the Desert Also included is a group of small 1 ¾ x 2 ¼' copyright labels: 'Copyrighted by Edw. S. Curtis' with image of Vanishing Race. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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