Cal Osbon

Biographies of western photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19th Century American West. By Carl Mautz. OSBON, CALVIN. Active in California, 1900c, in Santa Rosa, San Jose and Fresno. Osbon produced stereographs and imperial cabiner cards of Flagstaff, imperial cabiner cards of Tucson and vicinity and of the Grand Canyon, 1890s. Photography Bisbee and the Grand Canyon. 1910-17.

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The Mexican War. Photographers like CALVIN OSBON and Walter Horne rose to fame and fortune making and selling postcards of the Revolution, particularly in 1914 when American troops invaded and occupied Vera Cruz. Local photographers along the border and enterprising professional and amateur photographers competed to capture images of life along the border for the growing market.

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72146 IMPERIAL CABINET OF WALAPAI INDIANS AT MOQUI PUEBLO BY OSBON. Calvin Osbon documented the Indians of the Grand Canyon area in the 1890s, when he photographed this group of Walapai Indians at Moqui Pueblo. The pueblo inhabitants are lined up along the walls and on the roofs of the large pueblo; four of the most prominent members of the tribe stand prominently in the foreground, three wearing white man's clothing and hats. Image measures 8" x 5 ½" and is affixed to a 10" x 7" backing board. This Osbon reprint was created from an original with a small section of image loss at upper right which is reflected in this photograph; else fine. Photographer's mount bears pinholes at upper corners and the usual wear along edges and corners.Sold for: $286.80.

1880 United States Federal Census > Washington > Spokane > Not Stated > District 62
Page No. 18B. Supervisor's District No. Washington. Enumeration District No. 362. June 23&24, 1880. John F. Saunders, Enumerator. Line 14. -. 144. 213. CALVIN OSBON (Transcribed & indexed as OSBORN), 26, Farmer, Indiana, Indiana, Indiana. HATTIE (HARRIETT) OSBON, 18, wife, Keeping House, Iowa, Iowa, Iowa.

Artbibliographies Modern: five year index, volumes 1-5, 1969-1974
by Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, Inc Internet Database Service - Art, Modern - 1969
Page 450
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