George V. Allen photograph collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier
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- Creators:
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Allen, George V.
- Dates:
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circa 1860-1935
- Size:
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67 Lantern slides
26 Negatives (glass)
10 Negatives (nitrate)
6 Autochromes (photographs)
50 Stereographs (circa 50 printed stereographs, halftone and color halftone)
1,000 Stereographs (circa, albumen and silver gelatin (some tinted))
239 Prints (circa 239 mounted and unmounted prints, albumen (including cartes de visite, imperial cards, cabinet cards, and one tinted print) and silver gelatin (some modern copies))
96 Prints (Album :, silver gelatin)
21 Postcards (silver gelatin, collotype, color halftone, and halftone)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.90-1
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs relating to Native Americans or frontier themes, including portraits, expedition photographs, landscapes, and other images of dwellings, transportation, totem poles, ceremonies, infants and children in cradleboards, camps and towns, hunting and fishing, wild west shows, food preparation, funeral customs, the US Army and army posts, clif...
Found In
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- Creators:
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United States National Museum., Dept. of Anthropology.
- Dates:
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undated
- Size:
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3 Painted photographs
8 Prints (halftone and color halftone)
56 Photographic prints (albumen and silver gelatin)
10 Copy prints
1 Stereograph (albumen)
2 Engravings
2 Color lithographs
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.87-2P
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The bulk of the collection consists of portraits of identified Native Americans and some government officials and interpreters. It includes cabinet cards, other mounted prints, newspaper articles, illustrations, and a photographic postcard. Depicted individuals include American Horse, Oglala; Black Hawk, Sauk; Bob Tail, Cheyenne; Crowfoot, Hunkpapa...
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- Creators:
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology
- Dates:
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1840s-1960s
1840s-1960s
- Size:
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18,000 Items (ca. 18,000 items)
18,000 Items (ca. 18,000 items)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.24
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The collections consists mostly of original and copy prints. There are also some negatives, artwork, photographs of artwork, and printed materials. Included is a large miscellany of ethnological, historical, and some archaeological subjects collected by the Bureau of American Ethnology from a wide variety of sources. To these have been added some p...
