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Studio portraits of Dakota and Omaha Indians, by commercial photographers

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Catalog Data

Photographer:
Eisenmann, Charles, b. 1850  Search this
Creator:
Hamilton and Hoyt  Search this
Names:
Ge-he-ge, Chief  Search this
Iron Bull  Search this
Meyer, Julius Indian interpreter and dealer  Search this
Pawnee Killer  Search this
Spotted Tail, DakotaBrule  Search this
Yellow Bear  Search this
Extent:
5 Prints
Culture:
Sioux  Search this
Omaha  Search this
Indians of North America -- Great Plains  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Prints
Date:
1874-189-
Scope and Contents:
Catalog Number 4503: Tribe: 1)Dakota Description: Three men, standing, 2 women and 2 children, seated Photographer: Charles Eisenmann, 229 Bowery, New York Date: [ca. 189-?]. See Negative Number 44,928. 2) Dakota Spotted Tail, Iron Bull, Pawnee Killer, and Julius Meyer, interpreter filed-(stereo.) [ca. 189-?] See Negative Number 44,928-B. 3) Dakota Yellow Bear ("Was killed by Rushaw, May, 1873".) filed-(Stereo.) ?-(Printed "ad" for J. Meyer's Curio Shop on back of print) Prior to 5/1873 See Negative Number 44,928-A. 4) [Omaha ?] Man seated. [Grey Wolf ? Cf. BAE negative 3983-a-c made much later.] (stereo.) Hamilton & Hoyt, Pearl Street, Sioux City, Iowa November 6, 1874 or earlier See BAE Negative Number 44,928-D. 5) Omaha "Ge-he-ge, Omaha Chief" (Stereo., Original Number 79) [ca. 187-?] See BAE negative Number 44,928-C.
Local Numbers:
NAA MS 4503
Local Note:
Filed: Original prints by tribe. Copy negatives for all prints; therefore indexed in negative catalog only.
Topic:
Photographs  Search this
Sioux  Search this
Citation:
Manuscript 4503, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Identifier:
NAA.MS4503
Archival Repository:
National Anthropological Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw39c9f0c53-c341-4987-b1ae-6a152c41ea51
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-naa-ms4503