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National Anthropological Archives
Baker and Johnston photographs of Shoshoni and Arapaho people, circa 1880-1900
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-12
- Creators:
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Baker and Johnston
- Dates:
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circa 1880-1900
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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5 Cabinet photographsalbumen; mounted
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Cabinet photographs, largely portraits, made by Baker and Johnston photographic studio. They may be part of a photographic series focusing on Shoshoni, Arapaho, and Apache people. Images include studio portraits of Black Coal, an Arapaho; Washakie, a Shoshoni chief; Sharpnose, an Arapaho; two Arapaho boys with bows and arrows; and Mollie, an Arapho woman posed with a baby in a carrier.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston operated the Baker and Johnston photographic studio out of Evanston, Wyoming, circa 1880s. The studio was known for its landscape and portrait photography, particularly images of Shoshone, Arapaho, and Apache people.
Jane Richardson Hanks (1908-2014) was an anthropologist who studied the Kiowa and Blackfoot Indians and the people of Thailand.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Sent to Herman J. Viola, possibly by Jane Richardson Hanks, in May 1986.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
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Preferred Citation note
Photo Lot 87-12, Baker and Johnston photographs of Shoshoni and Arapaho people, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs by Baker and Johnston can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4423, MS 4458, MS 4502, MS 4875, Photo Lot 24, and the BAE historical negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center holds the Baker and Johnston collection of original glass plate negatives.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Utah State University Special Collections and Archives also holds Baker and Johnston photographs.
Location of Other Archival Materials
An interview with Jane Richardson Hanks can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 2009-15.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 87-12
Addl. KW Subj
Addl. KW Subj
Shoshone
Keywords
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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Indians of North America -- Great Plains | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Shoshone | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Indians of North America -- Great Basin | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Inunaina (Arapaho) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Studio portraits | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hanks, Jane Richardson, 1908- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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