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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wcubed, post: 1263128, member: 12663&quot;]I&#039;m going to start a thread here in in the general antique section because my collection is so extensive.&nbsp; I doubt it will all get cataloged here as I think I&#039;d have to retire first before I&#039;d have time to organize it all.&nbsp; It also does not all necessarily fit in one category.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in 1899, my great grandmother was appointed by the Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, to the position of Seamstress in the Shoshone School in Wyoming at a salary of &quot;$540 per annum&quot;.&nbsp; While she elected not to accept the position, my great grandparents made several trips out west in the early 1900&#039;s as the family farm would shut down for the winter as the hay they sold for the horses in NYC didn&#039;t grow well during Upstate NY winters. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; They purchased many Native American items, from pottery to rugs, as well as ephemera and what ever else.&nbsp; My great aunt also made trips out west into the mid 1900&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, my great grandfather, and quite possibly his father as well, since they plowed the fields by horse drawn plow, could hear the plow as it struck rock.&nbsp; In this manner, they collected many hundreds of arrowheads, etc. over the decades.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, I&#039;ll start with a sampling of some of the more interesting ephemera.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally, from left to right, top to bottom:</p><p><br /></p><p>Arizona magazine August 1914</p><p><br /></p><p>The Native American, Commencement 1912 U.S. Indian Training School, Phoenix</p><p><br /></p><p>The Native American, Oct. 22, 1910, United States Indian Training School, Phoenix</p><p><br /></p><p>United States Indian Industrial Training School souvenir booklet, Phoenix May 1905</p><p><br /></p><p>1908 postcard of Chief Geronimo</p><p><br /></p><p>Various miniature Indian rugs, measuring from 6&quot; x 8 1/2&quot; to 3&quot; x 5 1/4&quot;.</p><p>I&#039;m not sure where these came from.&nbsp; They look like advertising samples, and the smallest ones are marked &quot;Factory No. 049 1st Dist. N.Y.&quot; and &quot;3rd district of N.Y. Factory No. 2153&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>1908 postcard of Chief Geronimo</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]216688[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]216691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]216692[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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