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National Anthropological Archives
Copies of John H. Fouch photographs of Plains and Plateau Indians, circa 1877
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.R92-39
- Creators:
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Fouch, John H., 1849-1933
- Dates:
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circa 1877
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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4 Copy prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Copies of photographs depicting Little Powder, an Arapaho chief; High Backbone, a Cheyenne Indian, or Hump, a Sioux Indian married to a Cheyenne woman; Chief Joseph, October 1877; and Squaw Jim, a two-spirit Crow Indian, seated next to a Crow woman.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
John Hale Fouch (1849-1933) served as the first post photographer at Fort Keogh, Montana Territory, opening his own studio as early as 1877. He photographed Chief Joseph after his surrender and imprisonment and may have been the first to photograph the battlefield at Little Big Horn. He established studios in Minnesota after leaving Montana in the late 1870s and continued his photographic work until about 1900, after which he moved to California and became a real estate agent.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Dr. James Brust, 1991.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
The photographs are made from originals owned by James Brust. His permission is required before the copy prints can be reproduced.
Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot R92-39, Copies of John H. Fouch photographs of Plains and Plateau Indians, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Fouch photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 87-2P, and Photo Lot 90-1.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The National Museum of the American Indian Archives also holds Fouch photographs in the Nelson Appleton Miles Photograph Collection.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot R92-39
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Indians of North America -- Plateau | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Two-spirit people | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Inunaina (Arapaho) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Niimíipuu (Nez Perce) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Joseph (Nez Percé Chief), 1840-1904 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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