Waterton (right) sits erect and composed astride a Cayman (South American alligator) holdings its forelegs twisted backwards as a bridle. He is barefooted, wearing white shirt and trousers, with a knife in his belt. Four Indians and three black enslav...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1827 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
South America,
Subject (Name):
Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865, and Waterton, Charles, 1782-1865.
Subject (Topic):
Indians, Enslaved persons, Black people, and Alligators
A circle with a tree in the center. The official description from the ACS notes that "Aesculapius, the symbol of European learning, and an American Indian Medicine Man are seated beneath the Tree of Knowledge, making offering of their symbols of heali...
Subject (Name):
American College of Surgeons, Columbia University, and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Aesculapius, American College of Surgeons, Indians, Medical colleges, Surgeons, and Trees
Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Published / Created:
1876.
Call Number:
WA Photos Folio 54
Image Count:
112
Abstract:
Album of photographs of Indians of North America assembled in 1876 from images in the collection of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. The images in the photographs were originally created ca. 1868-1876, and cons...
Description:
Additional identification information for the majority of images in the album is available through the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland.
Subject (Geographic):
East (U.S.), Great Lakes Region (North America), Great Plains, Middle Atlantic States, Middle West, New England, Northwest, Pacific, Southern States, Southwest, New, and Fort Hall (Idaho : Fort)
Subject (Name):
Bell, C. M. ca. 1849-1893. (Charles Milton),, Blackmore, William, 1827-1878, Easterly, Thomas M. 1809-1882. (Thomas Martin),, Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882., Gurney, Benjamin., Gurney, Jeremiah, 1812-1895., Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942., McClees, James Earle, 1821-1887., Red Cloud, 1822-1909, Shindler, A. Zeno 1823-1899. (Antonio Zeno),, Ulke, Henry, 1821-1910., Ulke, Julius., Ulke, Lee., Vannerson, Julian, b. 1827., Westmann, Orloff R., Blackmore Museum (Salisbury, England), Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.), Northern Arapaho Tribe, and United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Crow Indian Agency
Published by F.W. Greenough, Philad, Drawn Printed & Coloured at I.T. Bowen's Lithographic Establishment No.94 Walnut St., and Entered according to act of Congress in the Year 1838 by F.W.Greenough, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna
Subject (Topic):
Iowa Indians, Indians, King and rulers, Indians of North America, Medals, and Tribal chiefs
