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b. 1878 - d. 1955

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    • Fred Kiser (1878 - 1955) Plains Indians Photograph
      Jan. 27, 2024

      Fred Kiser (1878 - 1955) Plains Indians Photograph

      Est: $600 - $1,200

      Featured in this lot is a photograph of Plains Indians copyright 1910, from Kiser Photo Company and Fred Kiser who was born in 1878 and died in 1955. The photograph features a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that shows men, women, and children in newer and traditional garments. This photograph is copyrighted in 1910, for Kiser Photo Company - Portland, Oregon for the Great Northern Railway #4738. Fred H. Kiser, an accomplished mountaineer and promoter, was one of the most successful and widely known landscape and commercial photographers in the American West during the first two decades of the early 20th century. His work is credited with popularizing Crater Lake National Park and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and establishing Glacier National Park in Montana. He and his brother Oscar also operated the Lewis and Clark Official Photographic Co. at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Or. The collection includes photographs taken by the brothers, as well as by Clarence L. Winter, Fred's partner, who later operated Winter Photo Company. The condition of this framed photograph shows well preserved stature with some chipping and wear to the paint of the frame but otherwise shows no obvious signs of damage. The measurements of this framed photograph are 7 1/8" x 11 1/2" and the visible photograph measures 4 3/8" x 7 3/4".*

      North American Auction Company
    • Fred Kiser (1878 - 1955) Plains Indians Photograph
      Nov. 11, 2023

      Fred Kiser (1878 - 1955) Plains Indians Photograph

      Est: $600 - $1,200

      Featured in this lot is a photograph of Plains Indians copyright 1910, from Kiser Photo Company and Fred Kiser who was born in 1878 and died in 1955. The photograph features a wonderfully and professionally crafted construction that shows men, women, and children in newer and traditional garments. This photograph is copyrighted in 1910, for Kiser Photo Company - Portland, Oregon for the Great Northern Railway #4738. Fred H. Kiser, an accomplished mountaineer and promoter, was one of the most successful and widely known landscape and commercial photographers in the American West during the first two decades of the early 20th century. His work is credited with popularizing Crater Lake National Park and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and establishing Glacier National Park in Montana. He and his brother Oscar also operated the Lewis and Clark Official Photographic Co. at the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland, Or. The collection includes photographs taken by the brothers, as well as by Clarence L. Winter, Fred's partner, who later operated Winter Photo Company. The condition of this framed photograph shows well preserved stature with some chipping and wear to the paint of the frame but otherwise shows no obvious signs of damage. The measurements of this framed photograph are 7 1/8" x 11 1/2" and the visible photograph measures 4 3/8" x 7 3/4".*

      North American Auction Company
    • TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC GLASS NEGATIVES: Captain O.C. Ap
      Jun. 07, 2021

      TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC GLASS NEGATIVES: Captain O.C. Ap

      Est: $200 - $300

      TWO PHOTOGRAPHIC GLASS NEGATIVES: Captain O.C. Applegate and Joaquin Miller in front of a tent by Fred H. Kiser (Oregon, 1878-1955); "Typical Sheep Herder," man wearing woolly chaps and holding a lever-action rifle standing in front of his horse. Negatives measure 8" x 10", early 20th century, from the Eugene Terway collection. Oliver Cromwell Applegate (1845-1938) was born and raised in Oregon, a member of the Applegate family, which was known for helping to open the Applegate Trail. Applegate was an Indian agent for Oregon, a newspaper editor, and played a prominent role in the Modoc War. Joaquin Miller (Cincinnatus Heine Miller, 1837-1913) was nicknamed "Poet of the Sierras" and grew up in Oregon and Northern California. Miller had quite the varied past from living on reservations to being a cook, a lawyer, a judge, an author, and a horse thief.

      O'Gallerie
    • Fred H. Kiser (American, 1878 - 1955)
      Apr. 25, 2019

      Fred H. Kiser (American, 1878 - 1955)

      Est: $200 - $300

      Three handcolored photographs Each signed in pencil. 9 '' x 6 1/2'' largest. Each with Kiser Photo Company blindstamp. All annotated on back of the mat by the artist. "Blackfoot Glacier Montana" photograph is annotated "one only" and is believed to be unique and rare.

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