Lot of 12 silver gelatin photographs, most 3.25 x 5.5 in. or smaller, featuring 3 photographs titled and signed "Tuell" with her copyright, with extensive notations on verso believed to be in Tuell's hand. Titles include: "The Crazy Men - Animal Dance, Cheyenne"; "Painting the poles, for Sun Dance Structure"; and "Sioux Warriors," taken during a parade at White River Frontier Days in 1922 as written on verso. The lot is accompanied by 9 silver gelatin photographs and snapshots of unidentified ceremonies and gatherings, including several views of American Indians in traditional dress and cowboys on horseback parading through town, with one capturing the Miles City Drug Co. in the background, suggesting the images document a patriotic celebration in Miles City, Montana. Two of the photos, each 4 x 6 in., are copyrighted "B.L.B. Mott. N.D., 1918" in the negatives and show Sioux Indians in full dress and "Their Dance Music," as titled in the negative. Julia Tuell (1886-1960) moved west accompanying her school teacher husband. Eventually settling at Lame Deer Agency, Montana, she developed an interest in photography and began taking images of the Northern Cheyenne. She became a keen observer of Cheyenne culture, and because of her status as a woman, was allowed access to scenes of daily and ceremonial life usually considered off limits to whites. Her photographs of the Sun Dance, for example, record scenes that were fast-fading on the Northern Plains. Condition: All photos are unmounted. Condition very good to near excellent, with some light corner/edge wear.
Lot of 12 silver gelatin photographs, most 3.25 x 5.5 in. or smaller, featuring 3 photographs titled and signed "Tuell" with her copyright, with extensive notations on verso believed to be in Tuell's hand. Titles include: "The Crazy Men - Animal Dance, Cheyenne"; "Painting the poles, for Sun Dance Structure"; and "Sioux Warriors," taken during a parade at White River Frontier Days in 1922 as written on verso. The lot is accompanied by 9 silver gelatin photographs and snapshots of unidentified ceremonies and gatherings, including several views of American Indians in traditional dress and cowboys on horseback parading through town, with one capturing the Miles City Drug Co. in the background, suggesting the images document a patriotic celebration in Miles City, Montana. Two of the photos, each 4 x 6 in., are copyrighted "B.L.B. Mott. N.D., 1918" in the negatives and show Sioux Indians in full dress and "Their Dance Music," as titled in the negative. Julia Tuell (1886-1960) moved west accompanying her school teacher husband. Eventually settling at Lame Deer Agency, Montana, she developed an interest in photography and began taking images of the Northern Cheyenne. She became a keen observer of Cheyenne culture, and because of her status as a woman, was allowed access to scenes of daily and ceremonial life usually considered off limits to whites. Her photographs of the Sun Dance, for example, record scenes that were fast-fading on the Northern Plains. Condition: All photos are unmounted. Condition very good to near excellent, with some light corner/edge wear.
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