{"product_id":"shoshone-indians-corinne-utah-eadweard-muybridge-stereoview-754","title":"Antique Stereograph (Stereoview) \"754--Shoshone Indians at Corinne, [Utah].\" Eadweard Muybridge, Photographer","description":"\u003cp\u003e(Native American Interest, Photographs: Albumen, Photographs: Native American) MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (photographer). \u003cb\u003e\"754--SHOSHONE INDIANS AT CORINNE, [UTAH].\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSan Francisco: Bradley \u0026amp; Rulofson, circa 1872. \u003cspan class=\"citation-804\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-807\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-807 citation-808\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-807 citation-808 citation-809\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-807 citation-808 citation-809\"\u003eFIRST EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-807 citation-808 citation-809 citation-end-809\"\u003e. Pair of albumen photographs measuring 3-1\/16\" x 2-15\/16\" each, on original publisher's yellow card mount measuring 3-3\/8\" x 6-7\/8\" with series title, image title, photographer's name, and publisher's name all printed in margins on mount recto, and with an extensive l\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-807 citation-808 citation-end-808\"\u003eist of the various series of \"Photographic Illustrations of the Pacific Coast\" as photographed by Eadweard Muyb\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-807 citation-end-807\"\u003eridge and published by Bradley \u0026amp; Rulofson on mount verso. Stereoview No. 754 from Muyb\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-806 citation-end-806\"\u003eridge's \"Central Pacific Railroad\" series, depicting an outdoor group portrait of five Shoshone Indians wrapped in trade blankets\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-805 citation-end-805\"\u003e, the central figure holding a bow with arrow pointed directly at the camera lens, set against a backdrop featuring Central Pacific Rai\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-804 citation-end-804\"\u003elroad freight boxcars.\u003csup class=\"superscript embedded\"\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e The physical condition of the photograph is graded \u003cstrong\u003e(9\/10) - EXCELLENT\u003c\/strong\u003e (utilizing a standardized 10-point scale for photographic prints and original works of art, indicating mild condition issues that are barely perceptible to the naked eye). Photographs exhibit very minor toning; mount verso shows minor fading along the outer edges, with virtually no physical wear to either the card mount or the albumen prints. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eEadweard Muybridge, Bradley \u0026amp; Rulofson, and Transcontinental Railroad Photography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographed during Eadweard Muybridge's celebrated tenure with San Francisco publishers Bradley \u0026amp; Rulofson, this remarkable stereoview captures a critical moment of cultural and technological convergence in the American West. Taken in Corinne, Utah—a burgeoning boomtown established in 1869 as a major junction along the Central Pacific Railroad—the composition starkly juxtaposes traditional Indigenous portraiture with modern industrial expansion. Muybridge positions five Shoshone figures in the foreground while freight boxcars line the tracks behind them, creating a powerful visual document of Northern Shoshone presence along the rail corridors during the early Reconstruction era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePhysical Fragility, Institutional Census, and Market Scarcity\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlbumen stereographs from Muybridge's Central Pacific Railroad series were prone to edge wear, fading, mount warping, and separation due to daily nineteenth-century handling in stereoscopic viewers. Pristine examples retaining deep photographic tonal range and untrimmed original publisher mounts are exceptionally rare. A current global sweep of the \u003cstrong\u003eOCLC\/WorldCat database locates only 1 specimen\u003c\/strong\u003e preserved in institutional special collections worldwide (California Historical Society).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN EXTRAORDINARY AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT CIRCA 1872 ALBUMEN STEREOVIEW BY EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE DEPICTING SHOSHONE INDIANS ALONG THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD IN CORINNE, UTAH, REPRESENTING A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY, WESTERN EXPANSION, OR THE WORK OF EADWEARD MUYBRIDGE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e# 001131\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42428071968917,"sku":null,"price":3750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0459\/2589\/2245\/products\/shoshoneindians.01.20220522.jpg?v=1655582026","url":"https:\/\/wallaceandclark.com\/products\/shoshone-indians-corinne-utah-eadweard-muybridge-stereoview-754","provider":"Wallace \u0026 Clark, Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}