[NATIVE AMERICANS]. Two photographs of a group of Ute Indians with Colorado gunsmith and trader John P. Lower.

2 photographs featuring the same studio portrait of a group of ten Ute Indians posed with a white man identified as John P. Lower.

Includes: Stereoview on cardstock mount. With "Hawkins, Denver" written in the negative. Mount recto and verso with "John P. Lower, Denver, Colorado" ink stamps. Additional imprint of photographer and publisher J. Collier, Denver, on mount verso. -- 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. photographic enlargement of the group portrait on cardstock mount with manuscript identifications. In addition to John P. Lower, who is seated near the center, subjects include Shavano, Piah, Kopesit, Naleratz, Smoke, Negaff, and others.

John P. Lower (1833-1917) was a Colorado pioneer gunsmith and firearms retailer. He owned and operated Sportsmen's Depot in Denver, where he conducted business with many legendary figures of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, Kit Carson, and George Custer. Lower amassed a large collection of artifacts, many from the early Colorado frontier, including firearms and Native American peace medals. The Ute Indians purportedly used his store as their headquarters and traded historical objects with Lower for weaponry.

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