Portraits of Native Americans made by Charles Milton Bell in his Washington, DC studio. Depicted individuals include Red Cloud, Oglala; Spotted Tail, Brule; Quanah Parker, Comanche; Nawat, Arapaho; Scabby Bull, Arapaho; Wolf Robe, Cheyenne; D. W. Bushyhead, Cherokee; John Jumper, Seminole; Plenty Coups, Crow; Rushing Bear, Arikara; Gall, Hunkpapa; John Grass, Sihasapa; Lean Wolf, Hidatsa; Chief Joseph, Nez Perce; and Lone Wolf, Kiowa; as well as people associated with Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show. The collection also includes copies of some images by other photographers, including G. G. Rockwood and F. T. Cummins.
Biographical/Historical note:
Charles Milton Bell (circa 1849-1893) was the youngest member of a family of photographers that operated a studio in Washington, DC, from around 1860-1874. Bell established his own studio on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1873 and it rapidly became one of the leading photography studios in the city. Bell developed the patronage of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, who sent Native American visitors to the studio to have their portraits made. Bell also made photographs of Native Americans for the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of American Ethnology.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 80, NAA MS 4661
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Copy prints previously filed in MS 4661 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 80. These are also copy prints of Bell negatives that were acquired from Boyce and form part of this collection.
Additional C. M. Bell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 4420, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 60, Photo Lot 81-44, Photo lot 87-2P, and Photo Lot 90-1.
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Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo Lot 80, Charles Milton Bell photographs of Native Americans, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
INV 08743300. Inscription on verso reads: "When aged 23 years, Sioux attack." Lean Wolf, shown with face and body paint, identified by name glyph. Graphite and ink.
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Manuscript 2372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
INV 08743700. Inscribed on verso: "Partisan A." Hoffman used the term "partisan" to describe the leader of a war party. Graphite, colored pencil, and ink. Illustrated: 4th AR-BAE p. 168; 10th BAE-AR p. 425.
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INV 08744200. Inscription on verso reads: "When aged 22, age 61, attack on Sioux, wolf." Lean Wolf, identified by name glyph, shown carrying a pipe and flintlock and wearing a feather headdress. Dashed lines represent foot prints and indicate that he approached the enemy camp alone as a scout, or "wolf." Graphite.
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INV 08744600. This drawing is on the same type of paper as another drawing by Lean Wolf, NAA INV 08745200, which was collected at Ft. Berthold in 1881. Ink and colored pencil.
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INV 08744800. Inscription on verso reads: "Partisan when aged 32, sign given." The term "partisan" indicates the leader of a war party. Lean Wolf identified by name glyph. He is shown wearing a feather bonnet and a coat made from a trade blanket. Graphite and colored pencil.
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INV 08744900. Lean Wolf identified by name glyph. Inscribed on verso, "Partisan A2." Inscription probably by Walter Hoffman, who used th term partisan to indicate the leader of a war party. Ruled sheet, embossed at top center "EH Over" in small cartouche. Graphite, crayon, and paint.
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Manuscript 2372, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
