Cartes-de-visite photographs created by photographers in the United States and Canada of Indians of North America, ca. 1860-1875. Images consist chiefly of portraits depicting men in traditional clothing, with a few examples of women and children. Tribal groups represented include Dakota, Fox, Navajo, Paiute, Paloos, Sauk, Shoshoni, Ute, and Yankton. Identified individuals include Spotted Tail, a Dakota chief; and Wolf Necklace (Harlish Washshomake), a Paloos chief. Another identified image consists of a copy photograph of a painting of Keokuk based on a daguerreotype made by Thomas Easterly in 1847 and Photographers and galleries represented include: A. W. Barker, Ottawa, Kansas; W. P. Bliss, Photographic Car; Charles Williams Carter, Salt Lake City, Utah; John N. Choate, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; William R. Cross, Niobrara, Nebraska; Duffin & Caswell, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Howard, Fort Bridger, Wyoming; Jackson Brothers Photography, Omaha, Nebraska; S. Park, Brantford, Ontario; Charles Roscoe Savage, Salt Lake City, Utah; Smith, Peabody, Kansas; A. W. Witherell, Keokuk, Iowa
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Barker, Anthony, 1930-, Bliss, W. P., Carter, Charles Williams., Choate, John N., Cross, W. R. (William R.), Hamilton, C. L., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., Keokuk, Sauk chief, 1780?-1848., Mautz, Carl., Savage, C. R. 1832-1909. (Charles Roscoe),, Spotted Tail, 1823-1881., Witherell, A. W., Duffin & Caswell., and Jackson Brothers Photography.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Fox Indians, Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Paiute Indians, Paloos Indians, Sauk Indians, Shoshoni Indians, Ute Indians, and Yankton Indians
Studio portraits of entertainers created by Thomas Houseworth & Co. that comprise a portion of the Houseworth's Celebrities, ca. 1870-1880. Images include female burlesque actresses and dancers Viola Clifton, Lizzie McCall, Lulu Mortimer, and Mabel Santley, while other portraits depict actress Noko McCabe; actress and singer Emelie Melville; and acrobat and circus entrepreneur Edward W. Orrin
Description:
Letterpress captions on mounts.
Subject (Name):
Clifton, Viola., Houseworth, Thomas, 1829-1915., McCall, Lizzie., Melville, Emelie., Mortimer, Lulu., Orrin, Edward W., Santley, Mabel., and Thomas Houseworth & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Acrobats, Actresses, Burlesque (Theater), Dancers, Entertainers, and Singers
Portraits of Ree and Sioux Indians, including Yellow Badger, Red Blanket, Crow King, Big Hand, Strikes Enemy (with his son, Bear's Entrails), Standing Holy as a young girl, Running Antelope, Gaul, Grey Bear (alone and with his wife and child), John Grass, Pau-Li-Na, Big John, Sitting Bull and Spread Face. Group portraits of Yellow Badger with The Youngest and High Cheek Bone, and of No Heart's three children (as adults). and There are two partially identified images, one of a teepee and the other of an unidentified Ree Indian
Description:
Letterpress captions on most mounts. and Accompanied by a box list.
Publisher:
Z. Gilbert
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Arikara Indians, and Dakota Indians
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, 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, A large component of portrait photographs originally comprised an album, ca. 1870-1885, probably compiled by John Henry Walker and Mary Cory Walker of Etna, California, including several portraits of their daughter, Cora A. Walker, 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. Incidental images on other stereograph cards include a view of a mine and lumber mill from a distance, an exterior portrait of a man on a horse, and a view of a residence, and 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
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Etna (Calif.), Fort Jones (Calif.), Siskiyou County (Calif.), Tulelake (Calif.), and Yreka (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Baxter, Edward J., Andersson, Dan, 1888-1920., Buckskin Doctor., Curley Headed Jack., Davis, Daniel., Fairchild, John A., Heller, Louis Herman, 1839-1928., Hooka Jim., Jack, Captain, Modoc Chief, d. 1873., Kist, Cora., McKay, Donald., Moore, Catherine E., Moore, Emily B., One-Eyed Dixie., One-Eyed Mose., Reid, Henry M., Scarface Charlie., Schonchin., Shacknasty Jim., Steamboat Frank., Swan, Naomi., Walker, Cora A., b. 1872., Walker, John Henry, 1841-1907., Walker, Mary Cory, 1851-1910., Watkins, Carleton E., 1829-1916., Wheum., Witherspoon, Henry E., and Watkins' Yosemite Art Gallery.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Modoc Indians, Modoc War, 1872-1873, Prisoners, and Soldiers
Photographs of the funeral procession of King Kalakaua, who died in 1891, including scenes at Nuuanu Cemetery and of his mourning sister, Queen Liliuokalani, and mourners paying their respects at the wake at the Iolani Royal Palace. There are also studio portaits of various sizes, of Princess Likelike, Queen Kapiolani, and King Kalakaua, With three letters, one to Robert Creighton, Minister of Foreign Affairs to King Kalakaua, concerning a contract for steamer service between New Zealand and Honolulu; one from Creighton complaining to a shipping company concerning the neglect of a ship's captain to fire a salute for several high ranking Hawaiian ministers; and a note in French addressed to Creighton thanking him for his patronage in the publication of a scientific work, and Also with a dance card from the Iolani Royal Palace for an event held April 20, 1887
Description:
Advertisements for various Honolulu and San Francisco photographers (L. Williams, M. Dickson, William H. Davis, Taber) on some mounts.
Subject (Geographic):
Hawaii and Honolulu
Subject (Name):
Kalakaua, David, King of Hawaii, 1836-1891, Creighton, Robert J., Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917, Kaiulani, Princess of Hawaii, 1875-1899, and Likelike, Miriam, Princess of Hawaii, 1851-1887
Tintypes and carte-de-visite photographs primarily depicting Missisauga Indian individuals of the Ojibway Nation in the vicinity of Alderville, Ontario, ca. 1850-1890, A studio portrait created ca. 1853, by an unidentified photographer, and copy photographed by Anny W. James of Belleville, Ontario, ca. 1860-1865, of William Case, a Methodist minister who established an industrial school in Alderville. The Missisauga Indians may represent individuals Case converted to Methodism. A studio portrait depicts the wife of Case, Eliza Barnes Case, posed sitting and knitting, created by Charles Lawe, Cobourg, Ontario, ca. 1870, 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 the other image depicting a Missisauga woman and two children, Unmatted tintypes consist of studio portraits of two Missisauga men, one posed standing and identified as Joe Beaver, and the other posed sitting and identified as Peter Annego. Five other tintypes depict different Missisauga children, Carte-de-visite photographs of identified men include a portrait of Richard Black created by John L. Richmond, Campbellford, Ontario, ca. 1890, and a portrait of Indian Agent John Thaisaugouy, created by T. Worden, Newcastle on Tyne, Great Britain, ca. 1880. Other carte-de-visite photographs of Missisauga men include a full portrait of a man in a graduation gown in addition to several bust portraits of unidentified men created by different photographers, including Frank Cooper, London, Ontario; James Little, Peterborough, Ontario; and Walter S. Gramsby, Lindsay, Ontario, A carte-de-visite photograph of a woman shows Evelyn Chubb, wife of Joseph Chubb, created by Charles Lawe. A carte-de-visite photograph of a woman and girl is identified as Hiawatha Lukes, wife of Joseph Lukes, and her younger sister, Mary Bell Naugham, created by Thompson & Son Photographers, Peterborough, Ontario, and A carte-de-visite photograph created by an unidentified photographer depicts a young man posed sitting and a young girl
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Alderville (Ont.)
Subject (Name):
Annego, Peter., Beaver, Joe., Black, Richard, Missisauga Indian., Case, Eliza Barnes., Case, William, 1780-1855., Chubb, Evelyn., Cooper, Frank, photographer., Gramsby, Walter S., James, Anny W., Lawe, Charles., Little, James, photographer., Lukes, Hiawatha., Naugham, Mary Bell., Richmond, John L., Thaisaugouy, John., and Thompson & Son Photographers.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Missisauga Indians, and Ojibwa Indians
