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Portraits of Blackfoot peoples
Title
[Portraits of Blackfoot peoples].
Production
[Montana], [circa 1890-1915]
Physical Description
44 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; photographs 13 x 17 cm and smaller on mounts 28 x 36 cm (in 2 boxes)
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
Captions and manuscript annotations in English.
Provenance
Purchased from McBride Rare Books on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 2019.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Fred R. Meyer (1874-1939), amateur photographer, travelled throughout the American West between 1890 and 1915.
Summary
Portraits taken by Fred R. Meyer of men and women of the Blackfoot Confederacy (also referred to as the Blackfoot Nation, Niitsitapi, or Siksikaitsitapi) in Montana, circa 1890-1915. Identified are Three Bears, Curly Bear, Big Moon, Chief Wolf Plume, Little Dog, Last Star, John Spotted Eagle, Mad Wolf, Chief Thunder, and Many Guns.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 20, 2020
References
Fred R. Meyer, Portraits of Blackfoot Peoples. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Fred R. Meyer, Portraits of Blackfoot Peoples. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Photographs.
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