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
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
Cartes-de-visite photographs depicting Minnesota scenes and views, including the falls of Minnehaha, the falls of St. Anthony, Fort Snelling, Silver Cascade fall, Pulpit Rock, an ox cart on the Red River of the North, and Sioux women winnowing wheat
Description:
Ten photographs carry contemporary ink captions on the photographs in addition to printed captions which appear on all cards., Bound in a contemporary maroon calf "wallet" album, with "XXI" marked on spine in white ink., and Eleven photographs are by Whitney's Gallery. Two are by John P. Soule, Boston. One is by J.E. Tilton & Co., Boston. Two others carry no imprint.
Publisher:
Whitney's Gallery
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota, Minnehaha Falls (Minn.), Fort Snelling (Minn.), and Saint Anthony Falls (Minn.)
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
Three cartes-de-visite photographs of Santee Sioux (Dakota) Indian prisoners Sha-Kpe (Little Six), his family, and Wa-Kan-O-Zhan-Zhan (Medicine Bottle), and 16 views of Minneapolis and St. Paul and environs, including Rain Bluff, Silvery Falls, Fairy Glen, Fountain Cave, and Fountain Cascade. All images are on Martin's Art Gallery mounts, but are credited to various Minnesota photographers
Description:
Advertisement for Martin's Art Gallery on some mounts., "W. H. Illingworth, Photographer" printed on verso of most Minnesota views, covered by Martin's Art Gallery label., "Upton's Series of Minnesota Views" on some mounts., Indian portraits are from Martin's Gallery of Indian Portraits., Manuscript and letterpress captions on mounts., and Accompanied by a box list.
Publisher:
Martin's Art Gallery
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota., Saint Paul (Minn.), Minneapolis (Minn.), and Minnesota
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Dakota Indians, Wars, 1862-1865, and Prisoners
Studio portrait photographs of Dakota 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. The imprints for the leaves, which include the title for the collection and a contents page, are on mounts printed by Gibson Brothers, Printers, Washington, D.C., Images of men include Big Foot (Che-Tan-Keah), Blue Horse (Shon-Keh-Tah), Cayote (Tshan-Gma-Ne-Toh), Dirt Face (Ma-Ka-The-Kon), Good Buffalo (Ta-Tan-Kah-Nua-Sh-Tah), Hard Heart (Tshan-The Shout-Ah), High Wolf (Tchan-Gm-Ani-Tah-an Ka-Ti-Ah), Lone Wolf (Tchan-Gm-Ani-To-I-Sh-Na-Lah), One Afraid of the Eagle (Vua-Lluh-Ko-Ke-Pah), Poor Elk (E-Ka-Ta Ta-Ma), Red Cloud (Ma-Kpe-Ah-Lou-Tah), Red Dog (Shon-Kan Lou-Tah), Slow Bull (Ta-Tan-Kah Hun-Ki-Sh-Neh), Stabber (Vua-Sha-Peh), Two Elks (I-Hh-A-Tah-Num-Pah). An image of two men depicts a seated Red Cloud shaking hands with William Blackmore, and Images of women consist of Ear of Corn (Va-How-A-Pah), the wife of Lone Wolf, and White Hawk (Ta-Chon-ka-Ska), the wife of Big Foot
Description:
Title from accompanying title and contents leaves., Presentation case imprinted "Photographs of Red Cloud & His Braves.", and Photographs are mounted on boards with typescript captions.
Publisher:
Gibson Brothers, printers
Subject (Name):
Big Foot, d. 1890, Blackmore, William, 1827-1878, Blue Horse, Cayote, Dirt Face, Ear of Corn, Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882., Hard Heart, Lone Wolf, Dakota Indian, One Afraid of the Eagle, Poor Elk, Red Cloud, 1822-1909, Red Dog, Dakota Indian, Slow Bull, Two Elks, White Hawk, and Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England)
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, and Government relations
