National Anthropological Archives

Studio portraits of Dakota and Omaha Indians, by commercial photographers

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4503
Creators:
Eisenmann, Charles, b. 1850
Hamilton and Hoyt
Dates:
1874-189-
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
5 Prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4503: Tribe: 1)Dakota Description: Three men, standing, 2 women and 2 children, seated Photographer: Charles Eisenmann, 229 Bowery, New York Date: [ca. 189-?]. See Negative Number 44,928. 2) Dakota Spotted Tail, Iron Bull, Pawnee Killer, and Julius Meyer, interpreter filed-(stereo.) [ca. 189-?] See Negative Number 44,928-B. 3) Dakota Yellow Bear ("Was killed by Rushaw, May, 1873".) filed-(Stereo.) ?-(Printed "ad" for J. Meyer's Curio Shop on back of print) Prior to 5/1873 See Negative Number 44,928-A. 4) [Omaha ?] Man seated. [Grey Wolf ? Cf. BAE negative 3983-a-c made much later.] (stereo.) Hamilton & Hoyt, Pearl Street, Sioux City, Iowa November 6, 1874 or earlier See BAE Negative Number 44,928-D. 5) Omaha "Ge-he-ge, Omaha Chief" (Stereo., Original Number 79) [ca. 187-?] See BAE negative Number 44,928-C.

Administration

Custodial History
Gift of Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, through John Witthoft, Director, October 25, 1956.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4503, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

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Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4503

Local Note

Local Note
Filed: Original prints by tribe. Copy negatives for all prints; therefore indexed in negative catalog only.


Keywords

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Spotted Tail, DakotaBrule Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Iron Bull Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pawnee Killer Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Meyer, Julius Indian interpreter and dealer Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yellow Bear Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ge-he-ge, Chief Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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