National Anthropological Archives

F.A. Rinehart Photographic prints

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.MS4560
Creators:
Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)
Bell
Dates:
undated
Languages:
Undetermined
.
Physical Description:
17 Prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
There are 6 prints of Crow Indians by F. A. Rinehart, Omaha, 1900, and photographic prints (11) of Chippewa (?) by Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan, no date.
Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4560: (1) Tribe: Crow Description: "Crow Girls." Three girls, one on horse. (Original number 1695). Photographer: F. A. Rinehart, Omaha Date: Copyright 1900. (2) Crow "Chief Spotted Horse. Crow." Standing with horse. (Original Number 1751). (3) Crow. "Mounted S[q]uaws. Crow." Group of five.. (Original Number 1782). F. A. Rinehart Copyright 1900. (4) Crow. "Mounted Squaws. Crow." [Probably by F. A. Rinehart] No date, 1900 ? (5) Crow. "Squaws Going to Dance. Crow." (Original Number 1772). F. A. Rinehart. Omaha Copyright 19[00 ?]. (6) Crow. Crow encampment showing four tipis; cooking fire-place with pot suspended from tripod (retouched- authentic ?). (Original Number 859.) F. A. Rinehart No date [1900 ?]. Following are apparently scenes from an outdoor production of Hiawatha, with native actors, as follows: (7) [Chippewa] "Deer Dance; big pow wow after the return of Hiawatha."--on back, in pencil Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (8) [Chippewa] Group sitting on dance platform near tipi. (See 4560: (7). Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (9) [Chippewa] Group at clearing looking into woods. Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (10) [Chippewa] Man with woman seated on rocks in wooded area. (Hiawatha and Minnie Ha-Ha ?). Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (11) [Chippewa] Man (same as in 13) with drum, and woman with ceremonial pipe. Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.
Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4560 (12) Tribe: [Chippewa] Description: Young Woman (same as in 10). Photographer: Bell's Elite Studio, Soo , Michigan See BAE Negative Number 56,823. (13) [Chippewa] "Jim Wawgisie, an old Indian, takes part in Hiawatha." --on back in pencil Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (14) [Chippewa] Old woman with baby on cradleboard; cooking fireplace in rear with pot suspended from tripod Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan See BAE Negative Number 56,822. (15) [Chippewa] "Chiefs of 2 different tribes in one tent after peace is made." --on back in pencil. "Chiefs" outside of mat wigwam Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (16) [Chippewa] Woman with baby on cradle board; in front of conical birchbark tipi. Bell, Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. (17) [Chippewa] Man with drum and pipe. [Probably by Bell]. Cf. "Hiawatha Played by Real Indians", by Henry Hale, Critic and Literary World, July, 1905. (Clipping filed with these photos.)

Administration

Custodial History
Gift of Henry G. K. Tyrell, 616 Murdock Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland in memory of his father, Henry Grattan Tyrell, through John C. Ewers, U. S. National Museum, August 7, 1958.

Using the Collection

Citation
Manuscript 4560, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

More Information

Local Numbers

Local Numbers
NAA MS 4560

Local Note

Local Note
Filed: Original Prints series, by tribe.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crow Indians Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Camps Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chippewa Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Northeast Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Great Plains Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Spotted Horse, Chief Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wawgisie, Jim Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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