Embossed: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten". and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission".
Embossed: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten". and Stamped verso: "Photograph by Carl Van Vechten / 101 Central Park West / Cannot be reproduced without permission".
Photographs show groups of Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians posed in front of tipis, tents, and trees, most likely in what is now Oklahoma. A few wear western clothing, and a white man and boy appear in some images. Individuals pictured include Mrs. Scabby Bull, Ethel Black Wolf, Rabbit Run, Wolf Chase, Coal A Fire, Strik-em-First, Singing Man, Jay Gould, Big Timber, and Myrtle Bad Man, among others. Two views of the Arapaho camp and one of the Cheyenne camp are taken from a distance. The album also contains two photographs of Niagara Falls.
Description:
Manuscript captions throughout. and Photographer unidentified.
Subject (Geographic):
Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation (Okla.)--Pictorial works, Niagara Falls (N.Y.)--Pictorial works, and Oklahoma--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians--Portraits, Cheyenne Indians--Portraits, Indian reservations--Oklahoma--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, and Tipis--Pictorial works
Internal evidence suggests that the album dates before 1902 (the year White Antelope, who is portrayed, died)., Photograph album by an unidentified photographer of Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kiowa Indians, probably taken in or around the Cheyenne-Arapaho Agency in Darlington, Canadian County, Oklahoma. The outdoor scenes include a large number of family groups, women, and children, many identified with Americanized names., and There are also notable images of the baptism of a Kiowa man, the "crow dance," meat drying on racks, Arapaho school girls, and a single image of what appear to be not Indian women but white woman dressed in Indian clothing, identified as "Calumet Squaws" (Calument was a town close to the agency).
Description:
Individual photographs measure 10 x 12.5 cm, and have manuscript captions and numbers.
Subject (Geographic):
Darlington (Okla.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians--Pictorial works, Baptism--Pictorial works.--lctgm, Cheyenne Indians--Pictorial works, Cheyenne-Arapaho Indian Agency (Okla.), Indian reservations--Oklahoma--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Kiowa Indians--Pictorial works, and Missionaries--Oklahoma--Pictorial works
Photograph album of unidentified views of Indian men dancing and running races, women with children, and Indian children at school, including "before and after" photographs and class portraits.
Description:
Individual prints are 11.4 x 9.4 cm. or smaller.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America--Education--Pictorial works and Indians of North America--Pictorial works
Beaman, E. O Fennemore, James Hillers, John K., 1843-1925 Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902
Published / Created:
1871-1874.
Call Number:
WA Photos 54
Image Count:
104
Abstract:
Finally, there are several views of the Marble Canyon, the Grand Canyon, the Green River, the Virgin River, the Sevier River, Pine Creek, Kanab Creek, and a series of portraits by Hillers of Paiute, Ute and Pueblo Indians. Portraits of Hopi and Zuni Indians were probably taken by Beaman., Photograph album of John Wesley Powell's Second Colorado River Expedition, containing photographs by E. O. Beaman, James Fennemore, and John K. Hillers. The first 118 photographs are attributed to Beaman, and depict the start of the expedition at the Green River Station in Wyoming, and the journey through the Red Canyon, Brown's Park, the Lodore Canyon, the Canyon of Desolation, the Cataract Canyon, and Salt Lake City, Utah., and The next set of photographs in the album was probably taken by James Fennemore, showing views of Powell's expedition after his departure from Salt Lake City. They illustrate the journey from the mouth of the Dirty Devil River down through Glen Valley, Nevada.
Description:
Individual prints consist of 452 stereo-sized photographs, measuring 7.6 x 11.0 cm. or smaller, 52 larger photographs, measuring 18.5 x 10.9 cm. or smaller, and 5 photographs measuring 24.2 x 18.2 cm. or smaller. The photographs are generally not captioned. Attribution is based on secondary sources. and Insect damage to some pages, not affecting photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah)--Pictorial works, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Pictorial works, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Pictorial works, and United States--Exploring expeditions
Subject (Name):
Powell, John Wesley,--1834-1902
Subject (Topic):
Hopi Indians--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Paiute Indians--Pictorial works, Ute Indians--Pictorial works, and Zuni Indians--Pictorial works
Events documented include horseback trips to the White River, a powwow with traditional Lakota costume and dancing, mourners at a cemetery, Lakota women on horseback, and games of football and basketball. Images documenting agricultural events include threshing wheat and castrating calves., Informal portraits include individuals, couples, and groups. Specific student groups including a group of young women from Holy Rosary Mission school, the St. Francis Mission marching band, the St. Francis Mission football team, a dance troupe of girls, and a student theatrical group at the St. Francis Mission in costume and wearing blackface makeup. Informal portraits also depict Lakota people wearing modern and traditional costumes, in addition to Anglo American people wearing traditional Lakota costumes. The only identified individual is Peter Scherer, who directed the St. Francis Mission marching band in 1930-1931., Other images include exterior views of the missions, homes, farms, and oil wells, while interiors views exist of a gymnasium and dining halls at the missions., Photograph album of images created by Eugene Buechel of Oglala Lakota and Sicangu Lakota people and environs in southern South Dakota, ca. 1928-1931., and The Jesuit priest, Eugene Buechel (1874-1954) served as a superior at the mission schools of Holy Rosary Mission (1908-1916), Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, and St. Francis Mission (1916-1923), Rosebud Indian Reservation, afterwards working to document Lakota language and culture in the region until his death.
Description:
Manuscript captions in German on the verso of several photographs, which are available on photocopies provided with the album. and Photographs in album 8.7 x 14.8 cm. and smaller.
Subject (Geographic):
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works and Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.)--Pictorial works
Subject (Name):
Buechel, Eugene, Catholic Church--Missions--South Dakota, Jesuits--Missions--Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.), Jesuits--Missions--Rosebud Indian Reservation (S.D.), and Scherer, Peter,--band director
Subject (Topic):
Brulé Indians--Pictorial works, Cemeteries--South Dakota--Pictorial works, Dakota Indians--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Pictorial works, Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies--Pictorial works, Mission schools, Oglala Indians--Pictorial works, and Teton Indians--Pictorial works
