Photograph album and loose photographs of a voyage to Alaska on the U.S.S. Bear, including views of St. George and Kings Island, seals on St. Paul's Island, the mission school, a native boat race, walrus hunting and related activities on Cape Prince of Wales, the Bering Straits and natives and landscapes of the Siberian coast, the Indian River, and views of floating ice in the Arctic Ocean, In Sitka, there are views of the Greek Church, the governor's house and other public buildings, and of native women curio sellers who turn their backs to avoid having their pictures taken, At St. Michael's Island, there are views of the trading station, the Greek church and Russian block house, the buildings of the Alaska Commercial Company, and natives in camp, Also included are portraits of school children at the mission school at Unalaska, and of native Aleutes [sic] and Esquimo [sic] aboard ship and in villages and of their dwellings, boats and totems, and Some views are commercially produced, though most appear to be personal photographs. There are individual and group portraits of the crews, passengers and officers of several ships, both on board and on shore, and a listing of the crew of the Bear appears on the fly leaf of the album. The photographs also record whalers and other ships encountered along the way
Description:
In 2 boxes., Photographs are accompanied by manuscript captions. Album photographs measure 11.2 x 19.5 cm. and are all inscribed with the initials "A.L.B." Of the loose photographs, most are inscribed with the initials "A.L.B" with the exception of single images credited to Curtis of Seattle, T. Saiki, and McMurry of Port Townsend, Washington Territory., Alfred L. Broadbent (A.L.B.?) was an engineer on the U.S.S. Bear, a revenue cutter active in the Arctic during the 1890s., and Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., Alaska, Pribilof Islands (Alaska), and Sitka (Alaska)
Subject (Name):
Broadbent, Alfred L. and Bear (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Totem poles, and Sealing
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 Alaska, including Tlingit Indian children, Tlingit Indians gambling, loggers, and scenes of miners outfitting and in a mine tunnel. There are also views of the towns of Juneau, Sitka, and Skaguay
Description:
Advertisements on mounts. and Manuscript or letterpress captions on mounts.
Publisher:
Winter & Pond, Photo
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., Alaska, Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Sitka (Alaska), Juneau (Alaska), and Skagway (Alaska)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Tlingit Indians, Gambling, Miners, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, and Gold discoveries
Images created by George Trager and distributed by the Northwestern Photographic Company of views of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota, including portraits of Dakota Indians and United States Army personnel, and the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre, 1890-1891, Views of Dakota Indian encampments, include the Camp of Chief Fast Thunder and an overview of the United States Army disarming Dakota Indians on January 21, 1891. Other general views include Dakota Indians waiting to receive government rations on the platform of the reservation commissary and an interior of a frame house built for Chief Red Cloud in 1879, Portraits of Native Americans include a posed portrait of Little Chief, a Northern Cheyenne Indian, which depicts him giving his rifle to James H. Cook. Other discrete portraits of Dakota Indians include Young Man Afraid and Big Road in front of tipis, and an undernourished Dakota Indian woman recuperating in a tipi. Group portraits of Dakota Indians on horseback include Big Talk, Crazy Bear, Good Lance, High Hawk, Hollow Wood, Stinking Bear, and Two Strike, Views of United States Army encampments include the Second Infantry, the Sixth Cavalry, and the Seventh Cavalry, Images related to the Wounded Knee Massacre Include views the battlefield that show frozen bodies of Dakota Indians on the snow covered ground with the civilian burial party in January 1891, A group portrait of General Nelson A. Miles and his staff on January 13, 1891, includes Dallas Bache, Frank D. Baldwin, Sydney A. Cloman, Henry C. Corbin, Ezra P. Ewers, Charles F. Humphrey, Francis J. Ives, Jacob Ford Kent, John S. Mallory, Marion P. Maus, and Francis E. Pierce, and A group portrait of ten men in March 1891 includes five Dakota Indians, consisting of Big Talk, Good Lance, Kicking Bear, Short Bull, and Two Strike, as well as Major John Burke, the press manager of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; Frank Grouard, an Indian Scout in the United States Army; and John A. McDonough, a reporter for the New York World newspaper
Description:
George E. Trager began photographing army officers and Dakota Indians at the Pine Ridge Reservation in March, 1890. He later formed a partnership with Joseph Ford to sell photographs of Pine Ridge, including images following the Wounded Knee Massacre, and founded the Northwestern Photographic Company in January, 1891. In March 1891 they gained a half interest in Wilbur Springs, a source of mineral water, which they advertised as a cure for epilepsy on the verso of their photographs., Verso of two photographs carry advertisements for the Northwestern Photographic Co., Verso of six photographs carry advertisements for the Northwestern Photographic Co. and Trager & Ford's epilepsy cure., and Captions inscribed in negatives.
Subject (Geographic):
South Dakota, Pine Ridge, and Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Ford, Joseph, fl. 1890-1892., Trager, George E., Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company, Northwestern Photographic Co., and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Indian reservations, and Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Photographs taken by H. R. Locke and printed by H. R. Locke and Company, Locke and McBride, or Locke and Peterson of stops along the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad in South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming, circa 1892-1896. Included are views of Deadwood, Lead City, Englewood, Needle Points in Custer Park, Horseshoe Curve near Custer, Spearfish Canyon, Bald Mountain, Knife Blade on Needle Rock in Elk Canyon, Harney's Peak (Black Elk Peak) in Black Hills, the Deadwood and Delaware Smelting Works and Homestake mines, and a photograph of I. V. Carlton, R. M. Welch, and D. A. Haggard "just back from work". Views in Wyoming show the Devil's Tower above the Belle Fourche River and Cambria; a view in Montana shows the Crow Agency. Advertisements on several of the versos are for "Easy to Reach Deadwood"; 2 photographs are stamped "J. T. Gillmore, Deadwood, South Dakota". A label affixed to a verso advertises E. F. King, Black Hills Jeweler
Description:
Henry Robinson Locke (1856-1927), photographer, ran a studio in Deadwood, South Dakota. Locke photographed the Black Hills area, Deadwood, Crow people, miners, and railroads., Captions in English., Title devised by cataloger., and Place of creation and date from captions.
Subject (Geographic):
Montana., Black Elk Peak (S.D.), Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.), Cambria (Wyo.), Crow Agency (Mont.), Custer State Park (S.D.), Deadwood (S.D.), Lead (S.D.), South Dakota, and Spearfish Canyon (S.D.)
Subject (Name):
Carlton, I. V., Gillmore, J. T., Haggard, D. A., Locke, H. R., Welch, R. M., Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, Delaware Smelting (Deadwood, S.D.), H. R. Locke and Co., Homestake Gold Stamping Mill (Lead City, S.D.), Locke and McBride., and Locke and Peterson.
