Cabinet card portrait of Geronimo on mount bearing the Apache chief's original signature. The card, featuring a chest-length portrait of Geronimo, shows him wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long chain around his neck. The card bears the studio imprint of Jansen, 289 E. Genesee St. Buffalo. The original purchaser, from Elmira, NY, wrote a personal inscription, on mount verso, dated September 25, 1901, describing a meeting with Geronimo in his wigwam. Among other things, he talked with him for a half hour and was shown his war bonnet. The inscription reads as follows: On the 25th day of September 1901 at the Pan American Exhibition at Buffalo N.Y. at the Indian Congress, I went to the wigwam of Geronimo (the Indian Chief and the Apache so well known to history) and purchased this picture of him personally paying him $2.50 therefor which was in a bead frame. He invited me into his wigwam …?... an interpreter, who was his grandson. I talked with him one half of one hour. At my request I asked him to write his name which he did with a led [sic] pencil under his photograph he told me he had been taught to write his name while held a prisoner of war in a military prison in Florida — He was at the Pan American under United States Military guard — He was brought to the Pan American from the Indian Ter [ritory]. Although eighty six (86) years of age he rode his horse with the do …?... of a young man. He showed me …?... bonnet of feathers with which he …?... himself & handed it to me for e…. Elmira N.Y. Sept 27th 1901 — Wilmot …? The card comes mounted in its original beaded frame, which was likely handmade by upstate New York Indians for sale to the tourist trade in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Added at a later time in different ink at the top edge of the front side of the card: Died at Fort Sill in 1909 — Comanche County Oklahoma. Condition: The card does have major condition issues. At some time, the card was broken into two halves across the middle. Also part of the bottom left corner is missing. The Geronimo signature is over 99 % complete. The card slips into the pocket in the back of the beaded frame in a way that largely obscures the broken corner. Also the two halves of the card align themselves in an overlapping way that largely obscures the break.
Cabinet card portrait of Geronimo on mount bearing the Apache chief's original signature. The card, featuring a chest-length portrait of Geronimo, shows him wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a long chain around his neck. The card bears the studio imprint of Jansen, 289 E. Genesee St. Buffalo. The original purchaser, from Elmira, NY, wrote a personal inscription, on mount verso, dated September 25, 1901, describing a meeting with Geronimo in his wigwam. Among other things, he talked with him for a half hour and was shown his war bonnet. The inscription reads as follows: On the 25th day of September 1901 at the Pan American Exhibition at Buffalo N.Y. at the Indian Congress, I went to the wigwam of Geronimo (the Indian Chief and the Apache so well known to history) and purchased this picture of him personally paying him $2.50 therefor which was in a bead frame. He invited me into his wigwam …?... an interpreter, who was his grandson. I talked with him one half of one hour. At my request I asked him to write his name which he did with a led [sic] pencil under his photograph he told me he had been taught to write his name while held a prisoner of war in a military prison in Florida — He was at the Pan American under United States Military guard — He was brought to the Pan American from the Indian Ter [ritory]. Although eighty six (86) years of age he rode his horse with the do …?... of a young man. He showed me …?... bonnet of feathers with which he …?... himself & handed it to me for e…. Elmira N.Y. Sept 27th 1901 — Wilmot …? The card comes mounted in its original beaded frame, which was likely handmade by upstate New York Indians for sale to the tourist trade in the late 1890s and early 1900s. Added at a later time in different ink at the top edge of the front side of the card: Died at Fort Sill in 1909 — Comanche County Oklahoma. Condition: The card does have major condition issues. At some time, the card was broken into two halves across the middle. Also part of the bottom left corner is missing. The Geronimo signature is over 99 % complete. The card slips into the pocket in the back of the beaded frame in a way that largely obscures the broken corner. Also the two halves of the card align themselves in an overlapping way that largely obscures the break.
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