Charles Nordin, Nebraska Photographer, Glass Negative Collection Incl. Wild West Show Views of Doc Carver and Buffalo Bill, P

Lot 390

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Lot Description

Lot of 80+, comprised of approx. 78 dry plate negatives ranging in size from 4 x 5 in. (11) to 5 x 7 in. (63) and 6.5 x 8.5 in. (4); plus approx. 6 celluloid negatives. Included are over a dozen images of diving horses, both on the ground and "in action." The collection also features portraits of Wild West performers, including a glass plate negative of the classic image of Doc Carver with all of his shooting medals on his chest (see also Lot 389); plus images of Indians in studio settings and groups at what appears to be a Wild West Show. The Brule Sioux accused Carver of kidnapping members of the tribe and keeping them captive for the show. Carver had them returned to their reservation. Copy negatives of Western artwork are also included.

Some of the more interesting are copy negatives of early Wild West show posters, many promoting Doc's show, but also a couple for "Cody and Carver's Rocky Mountain & Prairie Exhibition," which occurred the one year the two showmen worked together.

Accompanied by small negatives of "Famous Pistols," as well as 4 copy negatives showing John Dillinger in the morgue.

Charles Nordin of Omaha, NE, was born in Sweden in 1878, emigrating to America with his parents at the age of just six. The family settled in Phelps Co., NE. Nordin married twice, with two children born in each marriage. He was a builder and contractor, but his hobby was collecting Indian and frontier material. An article in Nebraska History magazine by Nordin just after Carver's death in 1927 featured a photograph of eight older men taken at Norfolk, NE, June 16, 1927. This was the meeting attended by Carver just months before his death. Nordin and Carver are standing next to each other in the back row.

Provenance: Property of N. Flayderman & Co.
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