National Anthropological Archives

Miscellaneous collection of Indian pictures

Summary
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4391
Creators:
Fenton, William N. (William Nelson), 1908-2005
Dates:
1870-1880
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
63 Tintypes
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
The material includes 4 tintypes and ambrotypes (on glass) in daguerreotype cases. 1 album containing 34 tintypes and small cardboard pictures. 1 album containing 25 tintypes and small cardboard pictures. Subjects unidentified (no names.) The pictures are mainly by Caledonia, Ontario photographers.
Scope and Contents
One of the pictures in one of the albums resembles a picture of John Brant Sero, in the Bureau of American Ethnology collection (Mohawk Number 963-a-b).
Administration
Custodial History
Pictures received from Ephraim Schuyler, Oneida, Wisconsin. The pictures were purchased May 11, 1948, together with two brooches which were sent to the U. S. National Museum.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4391, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4391
Local Note
Local Note
Filed: Iroquois Original Photos.
Keywords
Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Iroquois Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tintypes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ambrotypes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Seneca Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Oneida Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
naa@si.edu