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
Map showing the route by road & navigation for connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
Description:
"Statement of distances by land and water, respectively, between Thunder Bay, Lake Superior, and Fort Langley, on Frazer's River.", From the Richard H. Rickard Papers., From: Report on the Exploration of the Country between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement ... By S.J. Dawson, 1859., and Relief shown by hachures.
Publisher:
J. Ellis,
Subject (Geographic):
Canada and Canada--Discovery and exploration--Maps.
Subject (Name):
Dawson, S. J. (Simon James), 1820-1902. Report on the Exploration of the Country between Lake Superior and the Red River Settlement. and Rickard, Richard H.,---1885--Ownership.
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
Views throughout the United States of prominent buildings, clubs, estates, monuments, and colleges and universities; historical sites, including battlefields and forts; natural landmarks, such as canyons, islands, rock formations, and waterfalls; industry; educational, financial, and government facilities; naval vessels and yachting events; canals and waterfronts; roads, railroads, and other methods of transportation and Also scenes of urban and rural communities and other points of interest in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean area, and a series of mammoth panoramic views mostly of western mountain ranges. There are also portraits of Native Americans, Asian Americans, and portraits employing racist stereotypes of African Americans
Description:
The Detroit Photographic Company began as a photographic publishing firm in the late 1890s. The founders, Detroit businessman and publisher William A. Livingston, Jr., and photographer and photopublisher Edwin H. Husher, obtained the exclusive rights to use the Swiss color photolithography "Photochrom" process. This process permitted the mass production of color postcards, prints, and albums for sale to the American market., In 1897 William Henry Jackson became a partner in the firm, adding thousands of negatives to the inventory, some taken as early as the 1870s. In 1905 the company changed its name to the Detroit Publishing Company. It went into receivership in 1924, and liquidated its assets in 1932., Accompanied by a container list., Letterpress captions, numbers and copyright statement on most prints. Manuscript captions on verso of some prints., and Photographers of individual images are not identified, but many images may be attributed to William Henry Jackson.
Publisher:
Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co.
Subject (Geographic):
West (U.S.), Mexico, Bahamas, and Canada
Subject (Name):
Husher, Edwin H. and Livingston, William A.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America and Universities and colleges
