Albumen cabinet card of head and shoulders portrait of Chief Gall (c.1840-1894), with Bismarck, North Dakota imprint on verso and in lower mount, captioned in manuscript in lower mount ("Oncapapa Sioux"), slight fading, pinhole to top, two corners chipped. Provenance: C. F. Fisk, Fall River, Mass[achusetts] (ink inscription to verso). 6.5 x 4.25 inches; Image #2 of collection
Albumen print cabinet card, head and shoulders portrait of Sihasapa Lakota chief John Grass (1837?-1918) by George W. Scott, with "Yankton, S.D." imprint to lower mount, manuscript caption, "John Grass," to lower mount, pinholes at top and bottom. 6.5 x 4.25 inches. Includes lengthy manuscript notes on verso: "1881-1890. Helped U.S. agents to advance the Indian to what he is today. Chief all all [sic.] the Sioux. His adopted son - Major Welch - was at the front in France. Grass advised young men to fight in World War. Early name was Jumping Bear, and known as the 'Daniel Webster' of the Sioux. At age 21 he became infatuated with a captive white woman, Miss Fannie Kelly, who was 19. Her captivity was known to Gen. Sully but he was unable to rescue her. She promised to become his wife after he delivered a letter to Fort Sully on Missouri River in S.D. She escaped. Died at Standing Rock Agency, May 14, 1918."; Image #16 of collection
Albumen print cabinet card, "War Dance," showing large group of Dakota Native American males sitting in a circle inside large open-sided tepee, with "Bismark and / Standing Rock, / D.T." title stamped in gilt at lower center, faded and soiled. 9.75 x 6.75 inches; Image #8 in collection
Albumen print cabinet card portrait of Geronimo (1829-1909) in bonnet and with pistol in belt with "Irwin, Chickasha, Ind. Ter." imprint to lower mount, faint manuscript pencil caption on verso traced over in ink and reading, "Geronimo / Chief of the notorious band / of Arizona Apache Indians / Now a prisoner of war / at Ft. Sill," touch of rubbing but image sharp, some toning to mount. 7.5 x 4.25 inches; Image #12 of collection
On verso : "Seinem lieben Wilhelm Weike zur freundlich Erinnung (?) Franz Boas Sommer 1901." Linen-like matte finish.Old call number: B B61 no. 8 Folder 4 (portraits).
Albumen print cabinet card, titled "No. 181—Group of Hostiles," a group portrait of men, women, and children in Geronimo's camp, Mexico, with "Copyright / 1886 / By C.S. Fly, / Tombstone, Ariz" inkstamp at lower left, some fading and light soiling. With printed caption on verso: Scene in Geronimo's Camp, The Apache Outlaw and Murderer. Taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook, March 27, 1886, in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. Escaped March 30, 1886. No. 181 - Group of Hostiles." 8.5 x 5.25 inches; Image #9 of collection
Imperial albumen print cabinet card, head and shoulders portrait of the Hunkpapa Lakota chief Gall (c.1840-1894), with imprint to photo and lower mount, and "Tower Ave. Superior, Wisconsin" label to verso, some wear to mount, image crisp and sharp. 8 x 6 inches; Image #18 of collection
Albumen print cabinet card, three-quarters length portrait of Hunkpapa Lakota chief Crow King (d. 1884) holding a pipe and wearing a bone breastplate and U.S. Army coat, with "Barry / photographer / Bismarck and / Standing Rock" imprint to verso, captioned within photo, additional ink caption to lower mount, "Second International Congress of Eugenics ... 1921" exhibitor's label laid down to verso partially covering up imprint, faint oxidation, pinholes at top and bottom. 6.5 x 4.25 inches; Image #5 of collection
Albumen print cabinet card, waist-length portrait of Sitting Bull (c.1831-1890) with "D. F. Barry, / Photographer, / Bismarck and Standing Rock" imprint to verso and Barry's copyright stamp and Bismarck imprint in lower mount, additionally captioned in lower mount, one faint spot of soiling and a touch of fading, some thumb-soiling to mount. 6.5 x 4.25 inches; Image #7 of collection
Albumen print cabinet card, three-quarters length standing portrait of the Brule Lakota chief Spotted Tail (c.1823-1881) with "Barry" imprint stamped in photo and in lower mount, and "D. F. Barry ... Tower Ave. Superior, Wisconsin" label to verso, label manuscript captions in lower mount and on verso ("Chief Spotted Tail, Sioux Chief") faint scuff across breast, slight fading. Image: 7 x 5 inches; Image #19 of collection