Native American & Western Photograph Collection
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Unidentifed Group of Indians and White Men
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Description
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Photographic print on 4" x 8" cardboard mount of an unidentfied group of Native Americans and white men with their backs facing the camera. The top of a tipi can be seen in the distance. It is likely the subjects are watching a ceremony of some sort.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Unidentifed Group of Indians and White Men
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Description
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Photographic print on 5" x 8" cardboard mount of an unidentfied group of Native Americans and white men with their backs facing the camera. It is likely their a watching a ceremony of some sort.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 05
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Description
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Photograph five of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Pawnee Indians, Located 70 Miles south of Arkansas City" and shows four Pawnee females (two with infants) in front of a tipi. The elder woman is curing a hide.
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Chief Geronimo, Apache
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Description
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Reproduction of a portrait painting of Apache Chief Geronimo, by E.A. Burbank. Fort Sill, O.T. [Oklahoma Territory], 1898.
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Date
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1899
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Object Type
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Artwork
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Title
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Ponca Indian Sun Dance
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Description
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A Ponca Indian Sun Dance ceremony. The participants are in a line and can seen holding feathered spears in their mouths.
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Date
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1894
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Indians Killing Beef Near Fort Sill
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Description
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Photographic print on a boudoir card mount showing groups of Native American women and young girls slaughtering beef. The subjects are likely Comanche, Kiowa or Apache. The handwritten title on front of the card reads "Indians killing beef on the reserve near Fort Sill, I.T. [Indian Territory]. The image was produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Huma of Otoes, Second Chief
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Description
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Studio portrait of Huma, Second Chief of the Otoes, in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 07
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Description
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Photograph seven of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Cowboys Roping a Steer" and shows five cowboys (two on horseback) demonstrating the technique of roping a steer.
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Sac and Fox Bark House
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Description
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Exterior view of a large bark house in a Sac & Fox Indian village. Several individuals are seated in front of the dwelling; third from left is Pa She Pa Ho, the Sac Chief.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Lone Wolf, Kiowa Chief
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Description
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Studio portrait of Lone Wolf, a Kiowa chief (the subject is likely Mamay-day-te, adopted son of Lone Wolf I (Gui-pah-go), principle chief of the Kiowas until his death in 1879). The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Apache Chiefs, Da-va-ko and Dor-con-each-la
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Description
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Studio portrait of two Apache chiefs, Da-va-ko and Dor-con-each-la, in traditional dress. A handwritten description reads" "Apache Chiefs, who have a history not soon to be forgotten by the people of New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas...they was very desperate." The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Four Comanche Men
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Description
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Studio portrait of four unidentified Comanche men in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by the W.L. Sawyer's Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 10
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Description
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Photograph ten of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Cowboys at Home" and shows seven cowboys (four seated) relaxing in front of a primitive cabin.
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 09
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Description
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Photograph nine of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Cowboys on the Round-Up" and shows group of eleven cowboys, seated in front of a wagon, eating dinner. The location is the Turkey Creek Ranch, west of present Enid, Oklahoma.
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 23
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Description
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Photograph twenty-three of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Pawnee Indian Squaw and Pappoose" and shows an Pawnee mother carrying a infant on her back.
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 06
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Description
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Photograph six of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Otoe Indian, Two Wives and Family" and shows a family of nine posing in native garb, and one child in the background leaning against a doorway.
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 02
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Description
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Photograph two of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Mud Lodge Indians' Winter House" and shows a Pawnee family standing outside of a winter earthen lodge.
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Date
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1889~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Otoe Indian Family
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Description
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Photographic print on a boudoir/cabinet card mount of an Otoe family - husband, wife and infant - in front of what looks to be a frame dwelling. The mix of traditional and western garb worn by the husband is indicative of the acculturation of native peoples in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1880~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Baptiste Bayhylle, Pawnee Indian
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Description
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Elderly Pawnee Indian, Baptiste Bayhylle, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a top hat. Bayhylle was a U.S. Indian interpreter for the Pawnee, and was thought to be nearly 100 years old when this photograph was taken.
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Date
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1885~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Five Apache Men Seated
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Description
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Studio portrait of five Apache males in native dress. The print is on a boudoir card mount, produced by W.L. Sawyers Indian Art Gallery, Purcell, Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
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Date
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1890~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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