Studio portrait photographs of Cheyenne, Arapaho, and Wichita Indian delegates to the United States created by the photographic studio of Jeremiah Gurney & Son in New York City, New York, June 1871, for the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England and Individuals in the images consist of Arapaho Indian delegates, Little Raven (Oh-Nas-Tie), the head chief, and Bird Chief, the second war chief; Cheyenne Indian delegate, Chief Little Robe (Tak-Kee-O-Mah); and Wichita Indian delegate, Chief Buffalo Goad. Images include front and profile views of the delegates posed sitting and standing
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Photographs are mounted on boards with typescript captions.
Subject (Name):
Bird Chief, Buffalo Goad, Gurney, Benjamin., Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895., Little Raven, Little Robe, Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England), and Jeremiah Gurney & Son.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Indians of North America, and Wichita Indians
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
Published / Created:
ca. 1880.
Call Number:
WA Photos 55
Image Count:
10
Abstract:
Full length portraits of Indian delegates taken in the studio of Charles M. Bell in Washington, D. C. One photograph can be attributed to John K. Hillers, while the other four prints may be by either Hillers or Bell. The sitters in four photographs are identified as Eagle Plume, the Ponca Chief White Eagle, the Northern Arapaho Chief Black Coal, and the Oglala Sioux Chief Red Cloud. The fifth sitter is unidentified
Description:
Inscribed captions in some photographs.
Publisher:
Charles M. Bell, Photographer
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, Ponca Indians, Arapaho Indians, and Delegates
An incomplete set of images from a portfolio of studio portrait photographs of Indian delegates to the United States created by the photographic studio of Alexander Gardner in Washington, D.C., for the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England, 1872. Individual tribal nations represented in this collection include Arapaho Indians, Caddo Indians, Comanche Indians, Keeche Tribe, Kiowa Indians, Tawakoni Indians, and Wichita Indians. Most of the images include a front and profile view of the individual, Individuals include Arapaho Indians Black Crow and the wife of Pacer; a Caddo Indian, Antelope; Comanche Indians consisting of Chewing Elk (Quirts-Quip), Gap In The Salt (Ho-We-Oh), Gray Leggings (Asa-To-Yet), and Jim; a Keechi (also known as the Keeche Tribe) Indian, Knee-War-War; a Kiowa Indian, the wife of Lone Wolf (Guipago); a Towoccaro (also known as the Tawakoni) Indian, the son of Dave (Caw-Lac-Its-Ca); and a Wichita Indian, Esquitzchew, and Incidental photographic prints in the collection include portraits of Dakota Indian delegates consisting of Big Foot (Che-Tan-Keah) and Cayote (Tshan-Gma-Ne-Toh).
Description:
Photographs are mounted on boards with typescript captions and image numbers 82, 86, 94, 95, 97, 102, 106, 111, 114, 117, and 120. and Plain portfolio case accompanies the collection.
Subject (Name):
Alvord, Henry E. 1844-1904. (Henry Elijah),, Antelope, Big Foot, d. 1890, Black Crow, Cayote, Chewing Elk, Esquitzchew, Gap In The Salt, Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882., Gray Leggings, Jim Comanche Indian, Knee-War-War, Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England), and Keeche Tribe
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Caddo Indians, Comanche Indians, Indians of North America, Government relations, Kiowa Indians, Tawakoni Indians, and Wichita Indians
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
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 primarily of portraiture of male delegates to the United States with occasional images of women and children. The images were created for ethnographic portfolios of the Blackmore Museum, Salisbury, England. A few images show individuals with mixed descent and interpreters, The broad geographical regions represented by individuals in the album include Eastern States, Great Lakes Region, Great Plains, Middle Atlantic States, Middle West, New England, New Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and Southern States, Portraits represent various tribal groups, including Apache Indians, Arapaho Indians, Arikara Indians, Bannock Indians, Brotherton Indians, Brulé Indians, Caddo Indians, Cherokee Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Comanche Indians, Creek Indians, Crow Indians, Dakota Indians, Delaware Indians, Fox Indians, Iowa Indians, Isleta Indians, Jicarilla Indians, Kansa Indians, Keeche Indians, Kiowa Apache Indians, Kiowa Indians, Mandan Indians, Mdewakanton Indians , Miami Indians, Modoc Indians, Navajo Indians, Nez Percé Indians, Northern Arapaho Tribe, Oglala Indians, Ojibwa Indians, Omaha Indians, Oohenonpa Indians, Osage Indians, Oto Indians, Ottawa Indians, Pawnee Indians, Pima Indians, Ponca Indians, Potawatomi Indians, Santee Indians , Sauk Indians, Seminole Indians, Seneca Indians, Shahaptian Indians, Shawnee Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Sihasapa Indians, Sisseton Indians , Stockbridge Indians, Tawakoni Indians, Tohono O'odham Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, Western Apache Indians, Wichita Indians, Winnebago Indians, Yankton Indians, Yanktonai Indians, and Yuma Indians, Exterior images consist primarily of informal portraiture, as well as depicting residences and settlements, including the Crow Indian Agency in Montana, 1871; the Pawnee Indian School and buildings at the Pawnee Reserve, Loup Fork, Nebraska, 1871; and a Bannock Indian camp near Fort Hall, Idaho, 1872, An image of two men depicts a seated Dakota Indian, Red Cloud (Ma-Kpe-Ah-Lou-Tah), shaking hands with William Blackmore, May 1872, and Individual photographers with images represented in the album include Charles Milton Bell, Thomas Martin Easterly, Alexander Gardner, Benjamin Gurney, Jeremiah Gurney, William Henry Jackson, James Earle McClees, Antonio Zeno Shindler, Henry Ulke, Julius Ulke, Lee Ulke, Julian Vannerson, and Orloff R. Westmann
Description:
Additional identification information for the majority of images in the album is available through the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland. and Manuscript captions on mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
East (U.S.), Great Lakes Region (North America), Great Plains, Middle Atlantic States, Middle West, New England, Northwest, Pacific, Southern States, Southwest, New, and Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)
Subject (Name):
Bell, C. M. ca. 1849-1893. (Charles Milton),, Blackmore, William, 1827-1878, Easterly, Thomas M. 1809-1882. (Thomas Martin),, Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882., Gurney, Benjamin., Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., McClees, James Earle, 1821-1887., Red Cloud, 1822-1909, Shindler, A. Zeno 1823-1899. (Antonio Zeno),, Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910., Ulke, Julius., Ulke, Lee., Vannerson, Julian, b. 1827., Westmann, Orloff R., Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England), Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), Northern Arapaho Tribe, and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
