50 Stereographs (circa 50 printed stereographs, halftone and color halftone)
1,000 Stereographs (circa, albumen and silver gelatin (some tinted))
239 Prints (circa 239 mounted and unmounted prints, albumen (including cartes de visite, imperial cards, cabinet cards, and one tinted print) and silver gelatin (some modern copies))
96 Prints (Album :, silver gelatin)
21 Postcards (silver gelatin, collotype, color halftone, and halftone)
Photographs relating to Native Americans or frontier themes, including portraits, expedition photographs, landscapes, and other images of dwellings, transportation, totem poles, ceremonies, infants and children in cradleboards, camps and towns, hunting and fishing, wild west shows, food preparation, funeral customs, the US Army and army posts, cliff dwellings, and grave mounds and excavations. The collection also includes images of prisoners at Fort Marion in 1875, Sioux Indians involved in the Great Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, the Fort Laramie Peace Commission of 1868, Sitting Bull and his followers after the Battle of the Little Bighorn, and the aftermath of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890.
There are studio portraits of well-known Native Americans, including American Horse, Big Bow, Four Bears, Iron Bull, Ouray, Red Cloud, Red Dog, Red Shirt, Sitting Bull, Spotted Tail, Three Bears, and Two Guns White Calf. Depicted delegations include a Sauk and Fox meeting in Washington, DC, with Lewis V. Bogy and Charles E. Mix in 1867; Kiowas and Cheyennes at the White House in 1863; and Dakotas and Crows who visited President Warren G. Harding in 1921. Images of schools show Worcester Academy in Vinita, Oklahoma; Chilocco Indian School; Carlisle Indian Industrial School; Haskell Instittue, and Albuquerque Indian School.
Some photographs relate to the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, 1876; World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893; Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, 1903; and Centennial Exposition of the Baltimore and Ohio Railraod, 1876. Expedition photographs show the Crook expedition of 1876, the Sanderson expedition to the Custer Battlefield in 1877, the Wheeler Survey of the 1870s, Powell's surveys of the Rocky Mountain region during the 1860s and 1870s, and the Hayden Surveys.
Outstanding single views include the party of Zuni group led to the sea by Frank Hamilton Cushing; Episcopal Church Rectory and School Building, Yankton Agency; Matilda Coxe Stevenson and a companion taking a photographs of a Zuni ceremony; John Moran sketching at Acoma; Ben H. Gurnsey's studio with Indian patrons; Quapaw Mission; baptism of a group of Paiutes at Coeur d'Alene Mission; court-martial commission involved in the trial of Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds, 1877; President Harding at Sitka, Alaska; Walter Hough at Hopi in 1902; and Mrs. Jesse Walter Fewkes at Hopi in 1897.
Biographical/Historical note:
George V. Allen was an attorney in Lawrence, Kansas and an early member of the National Stereoscope Association. Between the 1950s and 1980s, Allen made an extensive collection of photographs of the American West, mostly in stereographs, but also including cartes-de-visite and other styles of mounted prints, photogravures, lantern slides, autochromes, and glass negatives.
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is number 21038 of an unidentified series. The number 1081 is stamped on the front of the photograph. In the foreground is a man in a canoe. In the background are several homes and many totem poles. The item is almost identical to number 527 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is identical to numbers 663, 956, 957, and 1310 of Photo Lot 90-1.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09871500
OPPS NEG.91-979
Other Title:
"In the land of the totem poles, the Indian village of Kasaan, Alaska"
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is almost identical to number 507 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is identical to number 1156 of Photo Lot 90-1. A man and woman are in a canoe. Behind them are other canoes, homes, and totems.
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is number V11568 of an unidentified series. The number 269 is stamped on the front of the photograph. Children are sitting on the porch of a frame building. Totem poles are visible in the background. The item is identical to numbers 908, 939, 945, and 990 of Photo Lot 90-1.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09874700
Other Title:
"Indian village of Klinkwan, Alaska. Modern natives and totem poles of Old Hydahs, Alaska"
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is number 3637 of the Popular Series. In the foreground is a man in a canoe. In the background are several homes and many totem poles. The item is almost identical to number 527 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is identical to numbers 507, 956, 957, and 1310 of Photo Lot 90-1.
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Children are sitting on the porch of a frame building. Totem poles are visible in the background. The item is identical to numbers 539, 939, 945, and 990 of Photo Lot 90-1. The description is printed in several languages on the back.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09912500
Other Title:
"Indian village of Klinkwan, Alaska. Modern natives and totem poles of Old Hydahs, Alaska"
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Children are sitting on the porch of a frame building. Totem poles are visible in the background. The item is identical to numbers 539, 908, 945, and 990 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is number V11568 of an unidentified series. The number 62 is stamped on the front.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09915600
Other Title:
"Indian village of Klinkwan, Alaska. Modern natives and totem poles of Old Hydahs, Alaska"
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Children are sitting on the porch of a frame building. Totem poles are visible in the background. The item is identical to numbers 539, 908, 939, and 990 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is number V11568 of an unidentified series. The number 62 is stamped on the front.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09916200
Other Title:
"Indian village of Klinkwan, Alaska. Modern natives and totem poles of Old Hydahs, Alaska"
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is number 21038 of an unidentified series. The number 333 is stamped on the front. In the foreground is a man in a canoe. In the background are several homes and many totem poles. The item is almost identical to number 527 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is identical to numbers 507, 663, 957, and 1310 of Photo Lot 90-1.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09917300
Other Title:
"In the land of the totem poles, the Indian village of Kasaan, Alaska"
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is number 21038 of an unidentified series. The number 333 is stamped on the front. In the foreground is a man in a canoe. In the background are several homes and many totem poles. The item is almost identical to number 527 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is identical to numbers 507, 663, and 956 of Photo Lot 90-1.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09917400
Other Title:
"In the land of the totem poles, the Indian village of Kasaan, Alaska"
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Children are sitting on the porch of a frame building. Totem poles are visible in the background. The item is identical to numbers 539, 908, 939, and 945 of Photo Lot 90-1. The description is printed in several languages on the back.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09920700
Other Title:
"Indian village of Klinkwan, Alaska. Modern natives and totem poles of Old Hydahs, Alaska"
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is almost identical to number 507 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is identical to number 527 of Photo Lot 90-1. A man and woman are in a canoe. Behind them are other canoes, homes, and totems.
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The item is number 21038 of an unidentified series. The number T197 is stamped on the front. In the foreground is a man in a canoe. In the background are several homes and many totem poles. The item is almost identical to number 527 of Photo Lot 90-1. The item is identical to numbers 507, 663, 956, and 957 of Photo Lot 90-1.
Local Numbers:
NAA INV.09960800
Other Title:
"In the land of the totem poles, the Indian village of Kasaan, Alaska"
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
