Cantey Collection

Albumen cabinet photograph identified as Thos. Red Cloud . I have not been able to find out exactly who he was. However, he is definitely an Indian. He has on a very elaborate shirt and leather, fringed pants. He is wearing a beaded Indian bag and holds a single shot rifle. He has on soft Indian shoes and a wide brim hat. I am thinking he may have been a trick shot entertainer in one of the Wild West Shows but unknown.

This is a very unusual cabinet photograph for its time. The image is sepia and dates in the 1890s. It was taken by Siegfreid Photographer, Quakertown, Pa. It is of a handicapped man with arm birth defects. Most of his arms are not there and no hands. However, he has devised a metal loop attached to the butt stock of his gun in order to hold it on his left arm. He has removed the trigger guard in order to fire it with his left arm. AMAZING! Inventive. He is dressed in a western shirt, leather, fringed pants, boots, and a western hat. He may have been with a Western Wild West Show. Really great and inspiring image. To bad he is not identified.

1862 albumen CDV of Medicine Bottle. Under his name is noted: "Engaged in the Massacre of 1862. A prisoner at Fort Snelling, condemned to death". Image by Whitney's Gallery, Saint Paul. These are highly collected and hard to find these days.

Stereo of Fred Loring. He was an American journalist, novelist, and poet. He died in 1871. In 1871 he was sent by the "Appleton's Journal" as a correspondent on a cartographic expedition To Arizona.  He wrote several articles. He was also involved in several fights with Indians. The expedition's carriage was attacked by Yavapai Indians near Wickenburg, A.T. and he was killed. The stereo was taken 48 hours before he was killed by photographer O'Sullivan .  The mule's name was "Evil Merodach". It is a very rare stereo and does not have the photographer's mark. Condition is wonderful.

Washington State cabinet photograph of Cowboy, wearing his gun in a double loop holster and wearing shotgun chaps. Otherwise, he is dressed for town and to have his picture "took". On the back is: "A Merry Xmas and New Year is the wish of your brother. C.R. Fish".