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., Title devised by cataloger., 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, Canada, and Hudson Bay.
Subject (Name):
Cotter, James L., 1839-1889. and Smith, R., photographer.
Subject (Topic):
Inuit, Clothing, Indian architecture, and Indians of North America
Photograph albums of a trip by steamer to Alaska, including photographs of the Steamer "Queen" sailing out of Tacoma, of Sitka, and ice flows and formations in Pyramid Bay, Yakutat Bay, Glacier Bay, and the Muir Glacier, The second album includes photographs of totem poles and Indian dwellings around Fort Wrangell, the mission school at the fort, the Treadwell gold mine on Douglas Island and views of Juneau and of the Davidson, Auk, Pattison and Taku glaciers and the Chilkoot Peaks, and Many of the photographs are commercial views by I. W. Taber, and one photograph depicts a photographer and his camera in front of Muir Glacier
Description:
Individual prints are 24.4 x 19.8 cm. or smaller. All photographs are accompanied either by manuscript or letterpress captions. One album lacks covers. One album includes newspaper clippings written by Woodhull, describing his trip from Tacoma to Alaska in 1891. and Album pages are extremely fragile.
Subject (Geographic):
Treadwell Mine, Alaska, Wrangell (Alaska), Juneau (Alaska), and Sitka (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Woodhull, L. and Queen (Steamer).
Subject (Topic):
Pictorial works, Indians of North America, Totem poles, and Description and travel
Photograph albums of a trip by steamer to Alaska, including photographs of the Steamer "Queen" sailing out of Tacoma, of Sitka, and ice flows and formations in Pyramid Bay, Yakutat Bay, Glacier Bay, and the Muir Glacier, The second album includes photographs of totem poles and Indian dwellings around Fort Wrangell, the mission school at the fort, the Treadwell gold mine on Douglas Island and views of Juneau and of the Davidson, Auk, Pattison and Taku glaciers and the Chilkoot Peaks, and Many of the photographs are commercial views by I. W. Taber, and one photograph depicts a photographer and his camera in front of Muir Glacier
Description:
Individual prints are 24.4 x 19.8 cm. or smaller. All photographs are accompanied either by manuscript or letterpress captions. One album lacks covers. One album includes newspaper clippings written by Woodhull, describing his trip from Tacoma to Alaska in 1891. and Album pages are extremely fragile.
Subject (Geographic):
Treadwell Mine, Alaska, Wrangell (Alaska), Juneau (Alaska), and Sitka (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Woodhull, L. and Queen (Steamer).
Subject (Topic):
Pictorial works, Indians of North America, Totem poles, and Description and travel
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
Photograph album of cabinet card views of Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas, Green River and Ogden, Utah, and studio portraits of Ute and Sioux Indians. Salt Lake City views include the Triumphal Arch, the Eagle Gate, the City and County Building, the Mormon Tabernacle under construction, Brigham Young's Schoolhouse, Brigham Young's grave, and the Old Curiosity Shop, and colored views of the Salt Air Palace, the City and County buiding, and the Brighton Hotel in Silver Lake, There are also portraits of Major John Gilbert, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, George Cannon, Heber J. Grant, and Brigham Young, and Most photographs are by C.R. Savage, with twelve images by Sainsbury & Johnson, one composite image showing stages in the construction of the Tabernacle by Chas. W. Carter, and a stereocard by Halsey & Coffin. Some cabinet cards are from the Bureau of Information and Church Literature of the Mormon Church
Description:
Cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite (1) and stereographs (5), many with advertisments on versos, some accompanied by manuscript captions. and Accompanied by a container list (in box 1).
Subject (Geographic):
Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah), Fort Douglas (Utah), Green River (Utah), and Ogden (Utah)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Ute Indians, Dakota Indians, and Mormons
The two photographs include one portrait of Captain North and one group portrait of the last eight survivors of North's Company A Pawnee Indian scouts, taken circa 1929
Description:
Photographs are on postcard mounts and are accompanied by a letter regarding the Pawnee Indian Scouts of Company A and their captain.
Subject (Name):
North, Luther Hedden, 1846-1935.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Military scouts, and Pawnee Indians
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
Photographs of Sitting Bull, of Sitting Bull's family and of Chief Rain-in-the-Face and his wife, probably taken at the Standing Rock agency, and Imperial size studio portraits of Sitting Bull, his daughter Standing Holy and his son Crow Foot and There are also views of Cannon Ball River in North Dakota, the officer's quarters and Indian school at Fort Yates, a group of Indian police identified as being the company responsible for the death of Sitting Bull, burial scaffolds, a cattle shoot at Standing Rock Agency and an unidentified ship yard
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Advertisement on verso of one mount for Barry, Photographer. Manuscript captions on some mounts.
Publisher:
D. F. Barry, Photographer
Subject (Geographic):
North Dakota, Fort Yates (N.D.), and Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
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
Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
Published / Created:
ca. 1880.
Call Number:
WA Photos 7
Image Count:
54
Abstract:
Studio portraits of Indian delegates, from the Cheyenne, Sioux, Crow, and Sac and Fox tribes, taken in Washington, D.C. Subjects are identified as Prince Crow, Hizi, Iron Nation, Rushing Eagle, Big Main, White Ghost, Two Moons, and Medicine Bull, with two views (front and side) each of Red Shirt, White Cloud, Red Cloud, Standing Cloud, Captain Jim and King Crow
Description:
Manuscript captions on most mounts., Advertisment for C. M. Bell on most mounts., and Accompanied by a box list.
Publisher:
C. M. Bell
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Sauk Indians, Fox Indians, Crow Indians, and Delegates
