Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871
The description of this slide reflects the way that Erdoes organized 35mm slides. Erdoes arranged his slides in labeled containers that were sub-divided into labeled sections. The title for this image has been transcribed from its sub-section label; images of other slides from the same sub-section share the container title. The date listed here reflects a span of known dates associated the sub-section. In some cases, titles have been expanded to note particular individuals who appear frequently and who were identified by Erdoes in captions. Individual slide captions have not been transcribed or captured during digitization.
Subject (Topic):
Indian activists--North America and Indians of North America
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871
Subject (Topic):
Cradleboards, Indians of North America, and Nez Percé Indians--Pictorial works
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Geographic):
Oregon
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871
Photograph albums of the United States Revenue-Cutter Service in Alaska and Siberia
Image Count:
142
Abstract:
Photograph albums of images created by Alfred L. Broadbent of landscapes, wildlife, ships, and individuals primarily in Alaska and Siberia, ca. 1885-1892, and probably printed by the photograph gallery of Isaiah West Taber, San Francisco, California.
Description:
Manuscript captions on individual photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, British Columbia, Chernofsky Harbor (Alaska), Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.), Seattle (Wash.), Siberia (Russia), Sitka (Alaska), and Washintgon (State)
Subject (Topic):
Aleuts, Arctic peoples, Children, Dwellings, Eskimos, Glaciers, Indians of North America, Landscape photography, Salmon canning industry, Sealing, Ships, Totem poles, and Whaling
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), ca. 1849-1893. Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882. Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882. Gurney, Benjamin. Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895. Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. McClees, James Earle, 1821-1887. Shindler, A. Zen
Published / Created:
1876
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 54
Image Count:
112
Abstract:
Album of photographs of Indians of North America assembled in 1876 from images in the collection of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. The images in the photographs were originally created ca. 1868-1876, and consist p
Description:
Numbers on photographs correspond to those in the Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians / by W. H. Jackson, photographer of the survey. -- Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1877 (U.S. Geological and geographical survey of the territo
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Arikara Indians, Bannock Indians, Brotherton Indians, Brule Indians, Caddo Indians, Cherokee Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Comanche Indians, Creek Indians, Crow Indians, Dakota I, and Indians of North America
Alfred Jacob Miller (1810-1874), born in Baltimore, accompanied William Drummond Stewart on an 1837 expedition to the Green River Valley, Wind River Mountains, and the eastern section of Oregon Territory. He was commissioned by Stewart to sketch the Indians and scenery and later enlarge them into oil paintings.
Subject (Name):
Miller, Alfred Jacob, 1810-1874 and Stewart, William Drummond, Sir, 1795 or 6-1871