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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs of Dakota (and Chippewa ?) Indians in the vicinity of Carrington and Fort Totten, North Dakota
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS4792
- Creators:
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Putnam, ClaraPutnam, T. N., Mrs
- Dates:
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ca. 1898-1900
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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28 Prints
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Catalog Number 4792: (1)-(11) Tribe: Dakota Description: Dances and games at Devils Lake, near Fort Totten, North Dakota Photographer: Clara Putnam Date: ca. 1898-1900. (12)-(15) Dakota Indians camped at Devils Lake, near Fort Totten, North Dakota Photographer: Clara Putnam Date: ca. 1898-1900. (16) Non-Indian Group of white men, women, and children picnicking at Devils Lake, near Fort Totten, North Dakota ca. 1898-1900. (17)-(20) Dakota Camp scene at Devils Lake (?), near Fort Totten, North Dakota Clara Putnam ca. 1898-1900. (21)-(23) Dakota Group at Devils Lake, near Fort Totten North Dakota Clara Putnam ca. 1898-1900. (24) Non-Indian Two White men, and a woman aboard a boat on Devils Lake, near Fort Totten, North Dakota Clara Putnam ca. 1898-1900. (25) Non-Indian Group of White men at Devils Lake, near Fort Totten, North Dakota Clara Putnam ca. 1898-1900. (26) Dakota Two women at Clara Putnam's house in Carrington, North Dakota Clara Putnam ca. 1898-1900. (27) Dakota Three women and a girl at Clara Putnam's house (?) in Carrington, North Dakota Clara Putnam ca. 1898-1900. (28) Non-Indian Scene at World's Columbian Exposition (?) in Chicago in 1893 Clara Putnam 1893.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Mr F. L. Putnam stated that when he was a boy his family camped every year at the opposite end of Devils Lake N. W. of Fort Totten, and that the Indians came from the reservation at Fort Totten and from Fort Berthold and held games and dances at the "other" end of the lake. The pictures were taken by his mother, Clara Putnam, who developed the plates herself. Mrs Clara Putnam was the wife of T. N. Putnam, who owned a lumber company in Carrington. Mr F. L. Putnam stated that other photos in the Putnam collection show buildings and scenes in Carrington, and some views taken in California in 1893 and at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 4792, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 4792
Local Note
Local Note
Prints made 5/67 from 4" x 5" glass negatives lent by F. L. Putnam, 402 Fontaine Street, Alexandria, Virginia, the son of the photographer. Glass negatives returned 7/3/67.)
Local Note
Filed: Original Prints, Dakota.
Keywords
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Photographs | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dakota Indians | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Dance | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Toys and games | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Camps | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sioux | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
North Dakota | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sioux | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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