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The West Rides Again: Tombstone Museum Part II, Western Art & Navajo Treasures

Sat, Nov 15, 2025 11:00AM EST
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Join North American Auction Company on November 15th for Part II of the Tombstone Western Heritage Museum Collection with other rare items. This extraordinary sale features the largest private collection of Tombstone history, including rare and historic pieces tied to Wyatt Earp, the Earp Brothers, and the infamous Cochise Cowboys. From original artifacts, outlaw relics, and C.S. Fly photographs, this is a can’t-miss event for collectors of the Old West’s most legendary chapter.
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Lot 636

J. D. Strunk Post-Civil War Era Cabinet Card

Estimate: $200 - $400
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Included in this lot is a Post-Civil War Era Cabinet Card of a young boy dressed as a Union Army Bugler, by J. D. Strunk, circa 1888 to 1910. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. Strunk was a prolific photographer who operated a studio in Reading, Pennsylvania, from at least the late 1880s until around 1910. He specialized in portraiture, including a popular line of "Instantaneous Portraits of Children". He was considered one of Reading, PA's more notable photographers, and his work is commonly found by collectors of vintage photographs. His portrait subjects sometimes included prominent community members, such as a fireman from the Marion Fire Department. John D. Strunk's (1856-1930) work primarily consisted of formal portraits, often featuring subjects in their finest clothing. He is also noted for his specialization in photographing children. He created cabinet cards, a popular form of photographic portraiture from the 1870s onward. This cabinet card features serrated gold gilt edges, bottom border labeled, "J. D. STRUNK READING PA. GOOD FINISH" across a ribbon on either side of a raptor with outstretched wings. Reverse features a red background with birds and floral design and "STRUNK Artistic Photographer 750 PENN ST. READING, PA. We can enlarge this photograph to any size and finish in crayon Instantaneous Portraits of Children A Successful Specialty. Duplicates of this picture can be had at any time." Measures 4.125"W x 6.375"L, clear protective sleeve is 5.875"W x 7.25"L, museum code, "ML37". Combined weight is U6.

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