Visual Materials

Chippewa/Ojibwa

Description

Studio portraits of members of Ojibwa Delegation to Washington D.C., ca. 1880. Photographs attributed to Charles M. Bell.

People identified: [Identifications and spellings from Smithsonian image database] Edawigijig; Kis-ki-ta-wag; Wadwaiasoug; Akewainzee; Oshawashkogijig; Nijogijig (Two Days); Oshoga (O-sho-ga); Wasigwanabi; Ogimagijig; Naw-gaw-nab.

Type

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Production date

approximately 1869-approximately 1915.

Call number

photCL 275

Creator

Ingalls, George W (1838-1921)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased from Mrs. Elizabeth A. Ingalls, 1923.

Restrictions

Advance arrangements for viewing negatives must be made in advance with the Curator of Photographs. The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department.

Ute

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of Colorado Ute Indians wearing traditional and western clothing. People identified: Henry Jim; Galota (i.e. Charlie Grote, d. 1906) in image 1; Buckskin Charley (or Charlie) in image 16; Schavano (or Shavano) in image 6; Ignacio; Chief Ouray and his wife, Chipeta; Wass in image 7; Severo (Capote) in image 4. Includes portrait of Ignacio and Ouray together. Research shows that these photographs are connected to the 1880 Ute delegation to Washington, D.C. (Source: Identification made from group portrait of 1880 delegation in James Jefferson, Robert W. Delaney, and Gregory C. Thompson, "The Southern Utes: A Tribal History," (Ignacio, CO: Southern Ute Tribe, 1972), p. 36.

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Apache

Visual Materials

People identified: Dr. Carlos Montezuma (childhood through adulthood); Esh-kin-tsay-gizah "Mike" (White Mountain Apache); Al-chi-say (White Mountain Apache); San Juan (Mescalero Apache); Little Blond; Augustin Virgil (Jicarilla Apache). Some portraits made during delegation to Washington, D.C., 1874. Photographers: Cosmopolitan Photographic Studio (Chicago); Gentile (Chicago); Baker & Johnston (Evanston, Wyoming); A. Frank Randall; unidentified.

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Winnebago

Visual Materials

Studio portraits of Winneshiek, Black Hawk and John Michael St. Cyr by Charles M. Bell, Washington D.C., 1875.

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Crow

Visual Materials

Studio portraits and candid photographs of families, dances and school children, mostly in Montana. Views of Indians and whites at Baptist Mission. Two photographs of Crow delegates in Washington D.C. by Charles M. Bell. People identified: Plenty Coups; Bull Tail, White Mouth and families; Shows-a-Fish and Theodore White Mouth; White Arm and family; Rebecca Flathead; Pretty Shell and Pretty Beads (mother and child); Good Eye. Photographers: Charles M. Bell; Huffman, Montana; unidentified.

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Partial list of photographs with photographer's names (2 pages) – manuscript list by G. W. Ingalls

Visual Materials

Brief descriptions, some with photographer's names noted --"Hillers," "Armstrong," "Beale" – which research shows is a misspelling for photographer Charles M. Bell.

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Navajo

Visual Materials

Includes copy prints of Navajo chief Manuelito, his wife, Juanita, and son, Segundo, by Charles M. Bell [see original prints in Huntington Library collection photCL 190]; reproduction photograph of Chief Kitoni.

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