Card photographs of Colorado, California and Washington. In Colorado, there are views of Manitou, Garden of the Gods, and Pikes Peak. In Yosemite there are views of Yosemite Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Nevada and Vernal Falls, Glarin Point, Half Dome, Mirror Lake, the Dome and Royal Arches, El Capitan and the Valley from Inspiration Point. Other California views include Telegraph Hill and Alcatraz Island in San Francisco and soldiers on South Wharf at Angel Island and At Fort Vancouver in Washington there are photographs of the reservoir, parade grounds and officer's quarters, and several portraits of men in military uniform. Finally, there are images of a Fourth of July parade featuring bicyclists, clowns and floats, and distant views of circus tents, probably in Washington
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso of mounts. The majority of the photographs are circular Kodak prints on rectangular mounts. and Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Washington, California, Colorado, Alcatraz Island (Calif.), Angel Island (Calif.), Yosemite National Park (Calif.), Washington (State), Fort Vancouver (Wash.), and Manitou Springs (Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Circus, Parades, Fourth of July celebrations, and Soldiers
Unidentified snapshot photographs of Plains Indian men, women and children, including views of the erection and interior of a tipi, men on horseback in procession holding American flags, and women and children in clothing decorated with elk teeth, some on horseback with umbrellas, others in front of tipis. Two photographs have captions identifying the subjects as "Mrs. High Medicine Rock of Big Horn" and "Lucy Turns Back's little girl."
Description:
Manuscript captions on verso of two prints. Envelope from the United States Department of the Interior Indian Field Service accompanies the photographs.
Photographs of a rodeo, probably taken around 1900, including a series depicting a cowboy starting off a steer, catching him, roping him, making a tie, and having the tie inspected by the rodeo judges, with spectators in stands in the background. There are also several photographs of cowboys riding in a parade in an unidentified town, possibly Los Angeles, and a single studio portrait of a man in buckskin with a lariat
