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National Anthropological Archives
Joel Emmons Whitney portrait of Little Crow, circa 1862
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.2000-25
- Creators:
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Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886
- Dates:
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circa 1862
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Albumen printmounted
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Carte-de-visite portrait of Little Crow, a chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota Tribe and leader of the Sioux Uprising in 1862.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Little Crow (circa 1810-1863), also known as Taoyatiduta, was a Mdewakanton Dakota chief known for his participation in the Treaties of Traverse des Sioux and Mendota of 1851 and his leadership during the Sioux uprising in 1862. After a loss at the Battle of Wood Lake in September 1862, Little Crow fled to Canada but soon returned to Minnesota. He was killed on July 3, 1863, by Nathan Lamson.
Joel Emmons Whitney (1822-1886) moved in 1850 to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he would remain for most of his professional photography career. Almost immediately, he began to photograph under the name Whitney's Gallery (1851-1871). In early 1851 he partnered with George C. Nichols to open the daguerreotype gallery Whitney & Nichols and Whitney opened an independent studio later that year. Under the tutelage of Alexander Hesler, he continued making daguerreotypes, which he marketed as "Pocket Editions of Nature" and exhibited at fairs in New York and Minnesota. Whitney partnered with William S. Combs (1867-1869) and then purchased Martin's Art Gallery from James Edgar Martin. In 1870, he employed and then partnered with Charles A. Zimmerman, to whom he sold his business in 1871.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Joe Soebbing, 2000.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
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Conditions Governing Use note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 2000-25, Joel Emmons Whitney photograph of Little Crow, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Joel Emmons Whitney and Whitney & Zimmerman photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 140, Photo Lot 80-18, Photo Lot 90-1, Photo Lot 99-4, Photo Lot 4605, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional images of Little Crow held in National Anthropological Archives MS 4659, Photo Lot 4286, and the BAE historical negatives.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 2000-25
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Sioux
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mdewakantonwan Dakota (Mdewakanton Sioux) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Little Crow, d. 1863 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Whitney & Zimmerman | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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