54056 - Obtossaway, a Chief of the Ojibwas " [ Abtossaway. Ouibiway Indian ]
by JACKSON, William Henry
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Detroit, MI: Detroit Photographic Co., 1903. Fine. 8.75 x 6.5L in. / 22 x 16.5 cm; professionally matted, glazed and framed in brown wood; framed by Museum West.
This is a colored image made by the photochrom process The Photochrom process was proprietary process used from the 1890s to the 1910s by The Photoglob Company at Zurich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Co. "The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches." - LC Photochrom Collection. The Detroit Co. had the exclusive franchise to the American market to use the Swiss process, and used it for prints and postcards. The process converts b&w negatives to color images with photolithography. It was the first commercially successfu color photography. William Henry Jackson became a partner in the business in 1897, bringing with him thousands of his negatives of the American West, and otherwise. See the Beinecke Library, object ID 2007373. This image is a half-length portait, facing left, with a beaded necklace, of Chief George Abtossaway (Thompson)
This is a colored image made by the photochrom process The Photochrom process was proprietary process used from the 1890s to the 1910s by The Photoglob Company at Zurich, Switzerland, and the Detroit Publishing Co. "The richly colored images look like photographs but are actually ink-based photographs, usually 6.5 x 9 inches." - LC Photochrom Collection. The Detroit Co. had the exclusive franchise to the American market to use the Swiss process, and used it for prints and postcards. The process converts b&w negatives to color images with photolithography. It was the first commercially successfu color photography. William Henry Jackson became a partner in the business in 1897, bringing with him thousands of his negatives of the American West, and otherwise. See the Beinecke Library, object ID 2007373. This image is a half-length portait, facing left, with a beaded necklace, of Chief George Abtossaway (Thompson)
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230651
- Title
- 54056 - Obtossaway, a Chief of the Ojibwas " [ Abtossaway. Ouibiway Indian ]
- Author
- JACKSON, William Henry
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Detroit Photographic Co.
- Place of Publication
- Detroit, MI
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- william henry jackson, detroit photographic co., photochrom print, americana, apache tribe, apache nation, native americans, chief james a. garfield, james a. garfield velarde, Jicarilla Apache nation,
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About the Seller
Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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