Informal carte-de-visite photographs probably created by James L. Cotter documenting Inuit people and dwellings probably in the vicinity of the eastern coast of Hudson Bay or Belcher Islands, Canada, ca. 1867-1870. Images documenting the traditional costume of the Inuits include an informal portrait of a girl, in addition to group portraits of three women and two men and another group portrait of over sixty children, women, and men. Images documenting Inuit dwellings include a group of men and women in front of three igloos and sitting on top of a sled, two igloos without people, and a structure similar to a tipi with a wooden door.
Description:
James L. Cotter worked in various capacities from clerk to chief factor for the Hudson's Bay Company, 1857-1888., Manuscript inscriptions and signatures on the rectos and verso of the photographic prints., and The mount on one photographic print bears a mark for R. Smith, Port Hope and Peterborough, Ontario.
Subject (Geographic):
Hudson Bay
Subject (Name):
Cotter, James L.,--1839-1889 and Smith, R.,--photographer
Subject (Topic):
Indian architecture--Hudson Bay--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Inuit--Canada--Pictorial works, and Inuit--Clothing--Pictorial works
Heller, Louis Herman, 1839-1928 Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916
Published / Created:
1864-1900.
Call Number:
WA Photos 335
Container / Volume:
Box 1 | Folder 20
Image Count:
30
Abstract:
Heller operated a photography studio in Yreka, California, 1864-1869, and in Fort Jones, California, 1869-1900. Images from both studios consist primarily of studio portraits of children, women, and men. Identified portraits from the studio in Yreka, include Henry M. Reid, and probably sisters Catherine E. Moore and Emily B. Moore. Identified portraits from the studio in Fort Jones, include Edward J. Baxter, Daniel Davis, Cora Kist, Naomi Swan, and Henry E. Witherspoon., Other photographs related to the Modoc Indian War include single and group portraits created by Heller and distributed by Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery documenting Modoc prisoners taken into custody and their captors. Portraits include Black Jim, Buckskin Doctor, Curley Headed Jack, John A. Fairchild, Hooka Jim, Donald McKay, One-Eyed Dixie, One-Eyed Mose, Scarface Charlie, Shacknasty Jim, Schonchin, Steamboat Frank, Wheum, in addition to Captain Jack and a portrait of his family., Stereograph cards include images related to the Modoc Indian War, including exterior group portraits of the United States military and allied Indians pursuing the Modoc force, views of the lava bed landscape, and the military headquarters of Tule Lake. Some stereograph cards also bear the imprint of the Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery, San Francisco, California, which also distributed them., and Studio portrait photographs and incidental images primarily in Siskiyou County, California, created by Louis Herman Heller, 1864-1900, in addition to images related to the Modoc Indian War, the only major Indian war fought by the federal government in California, November 1872 - June 1873.
Subject (Geographic):
Etna (Calif.), Fort Jones (Calif.), Siskiyou County (Calif.), Tulelake (Calif.)--Pictorial works, and Yreka (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Baxter, Edward J, Curley Headed Jack, Davis, Daniel.--1880-1885, Fairchild, John A, Heller, Louis Herman,--1839-1928, Hooka Jim, Jack,--Captain, Modoc Chief,--d. 1873, Kist, Cora, and McKay, Donald
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Portraits, Modoc Indians--Pictorial works, Modoc Indians--Portraits, Modoc Indians--Wars, 1873--Pictorial works, Prisoners--Portraits, and Soldiers--Pictorial works
Hoard & Tenney (Winona, Minn.) Martin's Art Gallery Upton, Benjamin Franklin, 1818- Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886 Whitney's Gallery
Published / Created:
1857-1863 [i.e. 1865]
Call Number:
WA Photos 281
Image Count:
38
Abstract:
Carte-de-visite photographs of Sioux and Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, Fort Snelling, Fort Garry; of Red River train carts in St. Paul; and of people escaping from the Red River uprising. There are many portraits of Sioux Indians, some of them identified as having been executed for their part in the Red River massacre. There are also images of Sioux Indians in camps, of Chippewa chiefs, as well as of an Indian school run by "Miss Allen," and of Sioux Indian boys at the Bishop Seabury Mission School in Faribault, Minnesota. Photographers include Joel E. Whitney, Benjamin F. Upton, Hoard & Tenney, and S. J. Morrow. Many of the photographs are on Martin's Art Gallery mounts, or variants: Martin's Gallery of Indian Portraits, Martin's Gallery of Minnesota Views.
Alternative Title:
Martin's Gallery of Indian Portraits., Martin's Gallery of Minnesota Views., Upton's Collection of Photographic Views., and Upton's Series of Minnesota Views.
Description:
Album rebound by Conservation Studio so that verso captions may be seen. Original photograph sleeves have been retained for caption information., Manuscript and letterpress captions on mounts., and Title and dates from typescript title page.
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota--History--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Bishop Seabury Mission
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians--Portraits, Dakota Indians--Wars, 1862-1865--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Minnesota, Indians of North America--Portraits, and Prisoners--Portraits
Cooper, Frank, photographer Gramsby, Walter S James, Anny W Lawe, Charles Little, James, photographer Richmond, John L Thompson & Son Photographers
Published / Created:
ca. 1850-ca. 1890.
Call Number:
WA Photos 379
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Matted tintypes consist of two exterior portraits, probably taken in the same location by the same photographer, one image depicting a group of three Missisauga women, one of them identified as Mrs. Beaver. and Tintypes and carte-de-visite photographs primarily depicting Missisauga Indian individuals of the Ojibway Nation in the vicinity of Alderville, Ontario, ca. 1850-1890.
Subject (Geographic):
Alderville (Ont.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Portraits, Missisauga Indians--Pictorial works, Missisauga Indians--Portraits, Ojibwa Indians--Pictorial works, and Ojibwa Indians--Portraits
Cooper, Frank, photographer Gramsby, Walter S James, Anny W Lawe, Charles Little, James, photographer Richmond, John L Thompson & Son Photographers
Published / Created:
ca. 1850-ca. 1890.
Call Number:
WA Photos 379
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Five unmatted tintypes depict different Missisauga children. and Tintypes and carte-de-visite photographs primarily depicting Missisauga Indian individuals of the Ojibway Nation in the vicinity of Alderville, Ontario, ca. 1850-1890.
Subject (Geographic):
Alderville (Ont.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Portraits, Missisauga Indians--Pictorial works, Missisauga Indians--Portraits, Ojibwa Indians--Pictorial works, and Ojibwa Indians--Portraits
Cooper, Frank, photographer Gramsby, Walter S James, Anny W Lawe, Charles Little, James, photographer Richmond, John L Thompson & Son Photographers
Published / Created:
ca. 1850-ca. 1890.
Call Number:
WA Photos 379
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Five unmatted tintypes depict different Missisauga children. and Tintypes and carte-de-visite photographs primarily depicting Missisauga Indian individuals of the Ojibway Nation in the vicinity of Alderville, Ontario, ca. 1850-1890.
Subject (Geographic):
Alderville (Ont.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Portraits, Missisauga Indians--Pictorial works, Missisauga Indians--Portraits, Ojibwa Indians--Pictorial works, and Ojibwa Indians--Portraits