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Photograph of frontier celebrities in "Scouts of the Plains"
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Dates:
circa 1873
Size:
1 Copy print
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.81-17
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photograph made from a tintype depicting Texas Jack Omohundro, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Wild Bill Hickok, with two other men, probably Eugene Overton and Elisha Green. The men wear fringed buckskins and hats and carry rifles.

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Archives Center Wild West Collection
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Dates:
1884-1917, undated
Size:
0.66 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1466
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

The collection consists of printed materials and ephemera relating to "Wild West" shows.

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Digitized Content L. F. Foster Wild West Scrapbooks, Photographs, and Copy Negatives
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Creators:
Foster, L. F.
Foster, L. F.
Dates:
1888-1921
Size:
2 Cubic feet (5 boxes)
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1289
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Collection documents Wild West Shows in Oklahoma and Washington, particularly the career of Lewis Frederick Foster who was known for his showmanship and skills.

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Copies of David F. Barry photographs of Plains Indians
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Creators:
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934
Dates:
circa 1870-1890
Size:
24 Copy prints
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.R81-71
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

The collection is largely composed of photographs depicting Plains Indians, many of whom took part in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Depicted individuals include Young Man Afraid of His Horse, Low Dog, Good Horse, Clear Eyes, Rain in the Face, Crow Flies High, Trail Hunter, Sitting Bull, Crow King, Red Cloud, White Faces, Running Antelope, Red G...

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Marjorie Meriweather Post photograph collection
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Creators:
Post, Marjorie Merriweather
Dates:
undated
Size:
2 Lithographs
1 Postcard
1 Engraving
1 Print (mounted in frame)
1 newspaper clipping in frame made from squirrel
9 Prints (silver gelatin)
Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.75-46
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Photographs collected by Marjorie Meriweather Post relating to NAtive Americans. They include images of Post's home at Camp Topridge, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill Cody, Native chiefs and US officials at Pine Ridge in 1891, and Princess Angeline, daughter of Chief Seattle. Additionally, there are lithographs of Caa-tou-see and Shin-Ga-Ba-Wossinis, and a...

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Digitized Content Frank Lehner photographs of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
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Creators:
Lehner, Frank
Seiling, J.
Braithwaite, Charles Henry
Dates:
bulk 1868-1926
Size:
0.25 Linear feet
43 Photographs
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.147
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

This collection consists of 38 photographic prints of Native and non-Native peoples involved with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, primarily in the years 1890-1891.

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Matie Barry Moore collection of David F. Barry copy prints
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Creators:
Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934
Dates:
1874-1897
Size:
40 Copy prints (black and white, 8x10 )
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.334
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian

This collection includes 40 copy prints of David F. Barry photographs which had been held by David Barry's sister, Matie (Barry) Moore. These were later copied by her brother-in-law Herbert O. Peterson. The copy prints include many of Barry's most famous portraits of Lakota leaders from at the end of the 19th century such as Tatanka Iyotanka (Sitting Bull) [Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)], Rain in the Face (Iromagaja/Ito-na-gaju/Ite-Mahazhu/I-Te-Amaghazhu/Exa-ma-gozua) [Hunkpapa Lakota (Hunkpapa Sioux)], and Chief Gall (Pizi) [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)], among others.

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Alphaeus P. Cole papers
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Creators:
Cole, Alphaeus Philemon, 1876-1988
Dates:
1885-1988
Size:
4.5 Linear feet ((on 12 microfilm reels))
Collection ID:
AAA.colealph
Repository:
Archives of American Art

Biographical material; diaries; correspondence, financial material; notes; writings; art work; printed material; and photographs

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Digitized Content James E. Taylor scrapbook of the American West
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Creators:
Taylor, James E., 1839-1901 (artist and collector)
Dates:
circa 1863-1900
Size:
4 Tintypes
3 Chromolithographs
3 Lithographs (3 chalk-manner lithographs)
1 Print (photogravure)
118 Pages (Scrapbook)
685 Prints (circa, albumen)
80 Items (circa 80 relief prints (including woodcuts and wood engraving))
30 Items (circa 30 intaglio prints (including etchings and engravings))
Collection ID:
NAA.MS4605
Repository:
National Anthropological Archives

Scrapbook entitled "Our Wild Indians in Peace and War: Surveys, Expeditions, Mining and Scenery of the Great West," compiled by James E. Taylor, possibly as a source for his own illustrations.

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United States History
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Dates:
circa 1950-1990
Level:
subseries
Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.0752
Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Consist of materials relating to people who played significant roles in American History or who personify the American experience. One such person is the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) who is credited as the first person to set foot in the Americas. There are also paper dolls of Betsy Ross (Elizabeth Griscom Ross) (1752-1836) who...

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