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
Carte-de-visite photographs of Sioux and Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, Fort Snelling, Fort Garry; of Red River train carts in St. Paul; and of people escaping from the Red River uprising. There are many portraits of Sioux Indians, some of them identified as having been executed for their part in the Red River massacre. There are also images of Sioux Indians in camps, of Chippewa chiefs, as well as of an Indian school run by "Miss Allen," and of Sioux Indian boys at the Bishop Seabury Mission School in Faribault, Minnesota. Photographers include Joel E. Whitney, Benjamin F. Upton, Hoard & Tenney, and S. J. Morrow. Many of the photographs are on Martin's Art Gallery mounts, or variants: Martin's Gallery of Indian Portraits, Martin's Gallery of Minnesota Views
Description:
Title and dates from typescript title page., Manuscript and letterpress captions on mounts., and Album rebound by Conservation Studio so that verso captions may be seen. Original photograph sleeves have been retained for caption information.
Subject (Geographic):
Minnesota. and Minnesota
Subject (Name):
Bishop Seabury Mission.
Subject (Topic):
Dakota Indians, Wars, 1862-1865, Indians of North America, Prisoners, and History
