Native American & Western Photograph Collection

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 07
Description: 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.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 10
Description: 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.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 09
Description: 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.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 13
Description: Photograph thirteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers waiting on the State Line April 19th" and shows two lines of men, horses and wagons. The subjects are posing for the picture.
Date: 1889-04-19
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 18
Description: Photograph eighteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers Claim Shanty, Oklahoma Territory" and shows five settlers (three on horseback), in front of a primitive cabin, staking their claim.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 23
Description: 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.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 14
Description: Photograph fourteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers approaching R.R. Bridge which they Crossed" and shows two long processions of wagons converging on a railroad bridge to cross the Salt ForK River. The bridge is in view on the far-right side.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 22
Description: Photograph twenty-two of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views [ca. 1889] by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "A Frontier Home" and shows three settlers and a steer in front of a primitive frontier dwelling.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 06
Description: 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.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 17
Description: Photograph seventeen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers waiting at the Oklahoma Line April 21st" and shows men, horses and wagons in a field, the day before the first land run in Oklahoma Territory.
Date: 1889-04-21
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 16
Description: Photograph sixteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Boomers Crossing their Horses on the R.R. Bridge" and shows a group men attempting to safely maneuver a wagon and horses off the railroad track after crossing the bridge.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 02
Description: 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.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 15
Description: Photograph fifteen of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Salt Fork River R.R. Bridge on which Boomers Crossed." Wagons can be seen on the far side of bridge, ready to cross the Salt Fork River.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 03
Description: Photograph three of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B Cornish. It is titled "Tepee, Indian Summer House" and shows a Pawnee family sitting inside a tipi, with the covering rolled back to catch the breeze.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 01
Description: Photograph one of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views [ca. 1889] by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Robbers Cave in Cherokee Strip" and shows three men in front of the Barker Outlaw Cave. From left to right, the Reverend A.C. Kronk, Arkansas City; J.W. "Cherokee" Jordan; and photographer William S. Prettyman.
Date: 1885~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 08
Description: Photograph eight of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Cowboys Branding Calves" and shows seven cowboys (one on horseback) demonstrating the technique for branding calves.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 24
Description: Photograph twenty-four of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Osage Indian Chiefs and Councilors" and is a studio portrait of thirteen Osage males. Second from left in the middle row is Osage Chief, Che To Pa.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 11
Description: Photograph eleven of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "A Typical Boomer Family" and shows four adults and five children in a "boomer" camp in Indian Territory (Oklahoma).
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views, Photograph 04
Description: Photograph four of twenty-four in Collection of Oklahoma Indian and Cowboy Views [ca. 1889] by William S. Prettyman and George B. Cornish. It is titled "Ponca Indians, located 30 miles south of Arkansas City" and shows two Ponca men and their wives in front of a tipi: middle-left, Red leaf and four wives; right, Stands Yellow and three wives.
Date: 1889~
Object Type: Photograph

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