Unbound album pages (labeled A through Q) with photographs documenting the people and culture of the Pocatello-Fort Hall area, including Native Americanss (particularly Shoshone-Bannock tribes), agency employees, and missionaries. Included are images of encampments, Sun Dance ceremonies, the Fort Hall Agency, Indian schools and churches, the Run for Fort Hall Lands on June 17, 1902, the War Bonnett Roundup at Idaho Falls, Shoshone Falls and other natural features and landscapes, a large number of street and aerial views of Pocatello, A. L. Cook's drug store in Pocatello, and members of the Cook family. In addition, there are photographs of Nez Perce, Hopi, San Juan, and Navaho Indians, and one image of the Lapps Indians at Port Townsend, Washington. A large number of the photographs were made by Benedicte Wrensted.
The albums were compiled by Robert Leonard, Eugene O. Leonard's son, who also made copy prints of many of the photographs and negatives. They include flyers, newspapers, envelopes, and other scraps collected by Leonard.
Biographical/Historical note:
Eugene O. Leonard (1884-1964) moved to Pocatello, Idaho, in 1893 to live with his aunt, the widow of A. L. Cook and owner of the Cook building and drugstore. Leonard attended Weiser College and Academy (now College of Idaho), Whitman College, and Northwestern University. He acquired degrees in phamacy and pharmaceutical chemistry from Northwestern University, and a degree in assaying studies from the Chicago College of Chemistry. After graduation from the College in 1908, Leonard returned to Pocatello to manage the Cook Drug Store until 1918. He worked as Pocatello City Chemist and set up the College of Pharmacy at Idaho State College, where he also taught and served as dean (1918-1954). In the 1930s, Leonard obtained a MS and PhD from Utah State University. Possibly encouraged by his collector aunt, Leonard established a collection of Native material culture objects and documentations, including artifacts and these photograhs, based on his interest in the Shoshoni and Bannock tribes at nearby Fort Hall.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 92-3
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University holds artifacts collected by Eugene O. Leonard.
The Bannock County Historical Museum in Pocatello holds the Leonard Family Papers, 1893-1917.
Restrictions:
Original nitrate negatives are in cold storage and require advanced notice for viewing. Many have associated prints.
Photo Lot 92-3, Eugene O. Leonard photograph collection relating to Pocatello and Fort Hall, Idaho, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Frederick J. Wiseman (1875--1961) was an early California aviator and one of the designers of the Wiseman-Peters (later named Wiseman-Cooke) Biplane. This collection consists of two autgraphed postcards, both featuring an inset portrait of Frederick J. Wiseman and a view of the Wiseman-Peters #2 Biplane (Wiseman-Cooke Biplane).
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of two 5.5 by 3.5 inch sepia-toned postcards, both featuring an inset portrait of Frederick J. Wiseman wearing a suit and tie and a view of the Wiseman-Peters #2 Biplane (Wiseman-Cooke Biplane). One postcard features a right side view of the aircraft on the ground with Wiseman visible standing beside it, and is captioned, "Aviator Wiseman Immediately After Winning the Amateur Endurance Record, January 18, 1911." The other postcard features a view of the aircraft in flight and is captioned, "Wiseman Rounding the last Pylon in the Speed Trial, Selfridge Field." Both postcards are autographed on the front by Wiseman.
Arrangement:
Collection is only two items.
Biographical / Historical:
Frederick J. Wiseman (1875--1961) was born in Santa Rosa, California, and after attending local schools he engaged in both the bicycle and automotive businesses. Wiseman won considerable fame racing Stoddard-Dayton cars on the West Coast as well as in the Chicago area. Wiseman became interested in aviation after attending the Wright Brothers' homecoming celebration in 1909 and the first Los Angeles aviation meet at Dominguez Field in 1910. After these two events, Wiseman was convinced he wanted to learn to fly and so he returned to his home in Santa Rosa and pooled his money with fellow race car driver M. W. Peters to build an airplane. They persuaded local butcher Ben Noonan to put up the remainder of the needed funds, and the group added Don Prentiss as secretary of the organization and Julian Pierre, an additional mechanic. In May 1910, as the first Wiseman-Peters biplane began to be tested and exhibited, the group started construction of a second aircraft, and it was in this second airplane that Wiseman would make all his significant exhibition flights. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters #2, and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field. In February of that year, Wiseman made an early airmail flight when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, California, to Santa Rosa, California. During 1911 Wiseman had an active season of exhibition work, including flying for one week at the California State Fair. However, after this season Wiseman gave up flying because he thought there was no future in it. He sold his plane and returned to the automobile business, later working for the Standard Oil Company of California. Wiseman was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation. Weldon Cooke, another pioneer aviator from California, bought and modified the Wiseman-Peters aircraft, renaming it the Wiseman-Cooke and flying the aircraft for exhibition and air mail flights.
Provenance:
Donor unknown, material found in collection, NASM.XXXX.0993.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
3802--Ramona's marriage Place, and stone monument, marking spot where the American flag was first raised in Southern California, 1846, San Diego, California
