Cabinet photographs, largely portraits, made by Baker and Johnston photographic studio. They may be part of a photographic series focusing on Shoshoni, Arapaho, and Apache people. Images include studio portraits of Black Coal, an Arapaho; Washakie, a Shoshoni chief; Sharpnose, an Arapaho; two Arapaho boys with bows and arrows; and Mollie, an Arapho woman posed with a baby in a carrier.
Biographical/Historical note:
Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston operated the Baker and Johnston photographic studio out of Evanston, Wyoming, circa 1880s. The studio was known for its landscape and portrait photography, particularly images of Shoshone, Arapaho, and Apache people.
Jane Richardson Hanks (1908-2014) was an anthropologist who studied the Kiowa and Blackfoot Indians and the people of Thailand.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 87-12
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Additional photographs by Baker and Johnston can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4423, MS 4458, MS 4502, MS 4875, Photo Lot 24, and the BAE historical negatives.
The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center holds the Baker and Johnston collection of original glass plate negatives.
The Utah State University Special Collections and Archives also holds Baker and Johnston photographs.
An interview with Jane Richardson Hanks can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 2009-15.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Studio portraits
Citation:
Photo Lot 87-12, Baker and Johnston photographs of Shoshoni and Arapaho people, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
