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Charles H. Carpenter "On The Trail" Silver Gelatin

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Charles H. Carpenter  On The Trail  Silver Gelatin
Featured in this lot is this silver gelatin photograph called "On The Trail," circa 1900-1910 by notable American photographer Charles Carpenter born in 1869 and died in 1949. This photograph is wonderfully and professionally crafted in a sepia toned silver gelatin photograph with applied color of a mounted Plains Indians below the base of a butte with a hill formed below it. The photographer's signature can be seen in the bottom right hand corner and is titled in the bottom left hand corner "On The Trail." Charles Carpenter (1869-1949) worked as the photographer for Chicago's Field Museum between 1899 and 1947. During his time there, he participated in several excursions. His last trip sent him to the St. Louis World's Fair (1904) where he produced 3000 negatives of American Indians. The condition of this framed silver gelatin shows a well preserved stature with some wear to the frame in small segments but otherwise shows no obvious signs of damage. The measurements of this framed photograph is 12 1/8" x 14 1/8" and the visible 7 3/8" x 9 1/2".