National Museum of the American Indian

Lillian A. DeLong collection of cyanotypes

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.249
Creators:
DeLong, Lillian
Dates:
circa 1890-1910
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
7 Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Repository:
Cyanotype photographs depicting outdoor portraits possibly on the Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) reservation in Montana, circa 1890-1910.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection contains 7 cyanotypes all depicting outdoor portraits of individuals possibly from the Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) community circa 1890-1910. One photograph of note depicts Apsáalooke Chief Pretty Eagle and Chief Plenty Coups on horseback. The photographs were shot by an unidentified photographer, but may have possibly been shot by photographer Frank Rinehart when he visited the Crow Reservation in Montana circa 1900.

Arrangement

Arrangement
This collection is arranged by image # in 2 photo folders.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Relatively little is known about Lillian DeLong. She served as a teacher in New York.

Administration

Author
Emily Moazami
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lillian DeLong, 1927.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Emily Moazami, Supervisory Archivist, 2019.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Lillian A. DeLong collection of cyanotypes, image #, NMAI.AC.249; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cyanotypes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Plenty Coups, 1848-1932 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pretty Eagle (Crow Indian chief) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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