Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Chief, standing with gun, Indian dress. Old woman and small boy seated on ground. Clapboard dwelling.
Local Numbers:
OPPS NEG.44428 E
Local Note:
Information from Richard Pohrt, Flint, Michigan; friend of his gave Chief Shoppenagon his second gorget at time of an Indian celebration. Pohrt has postcard like this, postmarked 1910.
Tribal identification from Stewart Brand, 1965, who stated that Shoppenagon gave a name in Ottawa language to Brand's grandmother.
Black and white copy negative
Topic:
Language and languages -- Documentation Search this
An elderly woman, a girl and a boy sit in the foreground. In the background adults and children sit in front of the entrance to a log building. The item is unnumbered but is part of the series Gems of Lake Superior Scenery.
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
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
Photo Lot 90-1, George V. Allen collection of photographs of Native Americans and the American frontier, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
The man holds a gun across his lap. He is sitting in front of a canoe turned on its side. The item is number 275 in the series Gem of Lake Superior Scenery.
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 89 of the series Gems of Lake Superior Scenery. Mrs. Lo, in European dress, is seated outside a wigwam holding her child who is in a cradleboard. The item is identical to number 628 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