William Wildschut Photograph Collection
bulk 1917-1928
21 Photographic prints
The William Wildschut photograph collection contains 183 photographic negatives, and 89 post cards. From 1917 to 1928 William Wildschut studied the Apsáalooke people through interviews, photography, and the collection of cultural objects. In 1921 Wildschut was hired as a field man by George Gustav Heye the director of the Museum of the American Indian, Wildschut officially collected and conducted field expeditions in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Canada, and North Dakota on behalf of the Museum until 1928. Wildschuts photographs include portrait style photos of Apsáalooke people, special events, daily reservation life, interments, and encampments. Tribes represented in this collection are primarily Apsáalooke, the postcard collection consists of other tribes including Lakota, Arapaho, and other unidentified tribes.
Robert Von Kaupp film of the Festival of the Battle of Puebla
Footage taken of the annual festival reenactment of the Battle of Puebla which takes place in Huejotzingo, Mexico. Footage concentrates on masks and costumes. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As …
Films of the Dixon-Wanamaker Expedition to Crow Agency
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Collection consists of film footage shot by Joseph Dixon on the 1908 Rodman Wanamaker expedition. Collection also contains associated texts, annotations (recorded narratives), and field notes. Legacy Keywords: Settlement rural ; Procession horse procession ; Costume bridge cloth ; Ceremonies "giveaway" ; Stores general store ; School Catholic girls school mission school ; Bathing men bathing ; Racing …
Montagnard-Dega Ethnic Minority People of the Highlands of South Vietnam film
Full film record shot by a Vietamese film crew for a documentary production about the culture of the Montagnard-Dega people of the central highlands in South Vietnam including the Bahnar, Jarai, Ede, Rhade, Lak, and Koho ethnic groups. Documentation in Gai-lai-Kontum Province includes celebrations and dances of the Bahnar and …
Rodman Wanamaker photograph collection relating to Native Americans
Photographs commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker to document the "vanishing" way of life for Native Americans during 1908-1913. The photographs were made by Joseph Kossuth Dixon and largely depict northern Plains tribes, including Blackfeet, Cheyenne, Crow, and Dakota. These large bromide prints form a set of presentation photographs and apparently such sets …
Ed Brady collection of photographs of Native Americans
1 Stereograph (silver gelatin)
2 Color postcards
2 Color prints
3 Copy negatives
5 Copy prints
42 Prints (silver gelatin (some on postcard stock))
Ed Brady's collection of photographs and postcards of Native American camps, people, crafts, schools, and dances, as well as agency personnel at various reservations. A majority of the original prints are photographs by Lee Moorhouse, including images of American Indian dwellings, camps, Kate Drexel School, children in cradleboards, and formal …
Ralph Baer Innovative Lives Presentation
Harrison, William
Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.
In a moderated conversation about his life and work, Baer reenacts, with his partner William Harrison, the first time he played "Oddyssey", the first home video game for the consumer market, which he invented, and answers questions from the audience.
Steven M. Cummings Photograph collection
11 Photographic prints (Gelatin silver., 16 x 16 inches)
This collection, which dates from 1993-2005, contains 11 gelatin silver photographic prints by Steven M. Cummings. The images depict mostly African-American men in scenes of daily life in the Washington, D.C. area.
Lewis Cotlow films
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Original film, prints, elements, sound materials and associated texts from the following films produced by explorer Lewis Cotlow: SAVAGE SPLENDOR, ZANZABUKU, VANISHING AFRICA, TWIGHLIGHT OF THE PRIMITIVE, PRIMITIVE PARADISE, JUNGLE HEADHUNTERS, HIGH ARCTIC, IN SEARCH OF THE PRIMITIVE. Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and …
Willis G. Tilton collection of photographs of Native Americans
bulk 1899-1904
Photographs collected by Willis G. Tilton, a dealer in artifacts and photographs relating to Native Americans. Many of the photographs were made by Field Columbian Museum photographer Charles Carpenter at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904; many others were created by various photographers for Field Museum publications. Notable subjects include Big …
