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
Engraving reproduces Albert Bierstadt's 1863 painting titled "Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak," which shows a Shoshone village beside a body of water below the peaks of the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains
Alternative Title:
Lander's Peak
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 1: Imperfect: Browned. On sheet 54 x 77 cm; mounted on linen., BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 2: State before title letters. Mounted on boards 61 x 88 cm., Title from caption below image., Signed within the image, lower right: ABierstadt 1863., and Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Edward Bierstadt, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Engraving reproduces Albert Bierstadt's 1863 painting titled "Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak," which shows a Shoshone village beside a body of water below the peaks of the Wind River Range in the Rocky Mountains
Alternative Title:
Lander's Peak
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 1: Imperfect: Browned. On sheet 54 x 77 cm; mounted on linen., BEIN BrSides Zc47 866bi copy 2: State before title letters. Mounted on boards 61 x 88 cm., Title from caption below image., Signed within the image, lower right: ABierstadt 1863., and Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by Edward Bierstadt, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
