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Stereoscopic views of the Indians of Minnesota and the Old Northwest

Title
Stereoscopic views of the Indians of Minnesota and the Old Northwest [graphic].
Publication
1862?-1875?

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Additional Authors
  • Fearon, R. N.
  • Illingworth, W. H. (William H.), 1844-1893.
  • Jarvis, John F.
  • Upton, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-
  • Whitney, J. E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886.
  • Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909.
  • Burritt & Pease. pht
  • Caswell & Davy. Scenery on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
  • Martin's Art Gallery. Martins's collection of Indian portraits.
  • Underwood & Underwood, distributor.
  • Union View Company. Minnesota Scenery.
  • Whitney & Zimmerman, photographers.
  • Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Description
  • 46 stereographs (photoprints) : albumen, some col.; 88 x 178 mm. or smaller.
  • 1 stereograph (photoprint) : albumen, col ;
  • 1 stereograph (photomechanical print) : halftone, 2 col. ;
Summary
  • Views of the Indians of Minnesota and surrounding areas: includes view of a baby asleep in a small hammock; Chippewa (Objibwa) Indians: view of a young man and woman in traditonal dress entitled "Chippewa wedding"; woman (Wa po ste ku?) seated in front of a teepee; white men in front of wigwam, Chippewas in European dress seated in front of entrance; studio portraits of various Chippewas: Now we ke shick (Noon Day); "Bitter Man"; Wah bo jeeg (White Fisher), chief of the Gull Lake Band; Ke-bey-na-ke (The Winner), holding pipe and beaded bag; O-gee-tub (Heavy sitter), holding pipe; Chippewa camps showing wigwams, canoes, including view possibly showing canoe being built; Ojibwa family, wearing Euro-American dress, man has rifle, straw hat and peipe, child with iron skillet cooking over open fire; "Red River Indians and Half Breeds" (Métis), some identified as being from Pembina, 600 miles north of St. Paul, on trading trips to St. Paul with their two-wheeled ox-drawn carts, some views showing them on the prairies, one view showing cart on a city street.
  • Sioux (Dakota) Indians: teepees of the Sioux, including view showing teepees near fenced garden or field, portrait of a woman named Wenona among a group of teepees; portrait of a child, Ma-za-oo-nie, (The Little Bird Hunter), in traditional clothes and head dress; Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan (Medicine Bottle) and Little Six, both later executed in 1865 for taking part in a massacre in 1862 (photos made at Ft. Snelling?); Old Bets, woman "remembered with gratitude by many of the Minnesota captives for her kindness to them while among the Sioux in 1862"; man identified only as Sioux, outside teepee; Circular Cloud (?) outside teepee; studio portrait of two Winnebago women; two Winnebago men wrestling; Winneshiek, head chief of the Winnebago wearing bear claw necklace, headdress and holding bows and arrows, Winneshiek and others in wickiup at Ft. Snelling, 1863; view of a group of Indians with Europeans in the yard of "Col. Murphy's near Shakapee"; Indian camp on the Flambeau reservation [Wisconsin]; a view of a waterfall in the "Red pipe-stone quarry."
Alternative Title
  • American views, new H series
  • STereoscopic gems, scenery and groups.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Portraits.
  • Albumen photoprints.
  • Stereographs.
  • Photoprints.
Note
  • Includes views by B. F. Upton, J. E. Whitney, Charles Zimmerman, Whitney & Zimmerman, and Martin's Gallery of Art and other photographers and publishers.
  • Includes two hand-colored views.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Cite As (note)
  • Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Exhibitions (note)
  • 4 views, "Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan," "Winnesheik," "Wa-su-ta," and a view labelled "Sioux" of a man wearing medals in front of a teepee, were exhibited in "400 Years of Native American portraits: Prints & Photographs from the Collections of the New York Public Library," October, 1992 - January, 1993.
Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 90-F394
Title
Stereoscopic views of the Indians of Minnesota and the Old Northwest [graphic].
Imprint
1862?-1875?
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Photography Collection; Permit must be requested at division indicated.
Cite As:
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Exhibitions
4 views, "Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan," "Winnesheik," "Wa-su-ta," and a view labelled "Sioux" of a man wearing medals in front of a teepee, were exhibited in "400 Years of Native American portraits: Prints & Photographs from the Collections of the New York Public Library," October, 1992 - January, 1993.
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Local Subject
Hand-colored photoprints.
Added Author
Fearon, R. N. Publisher Upton's Minnesota and Northestern views.
Illingworth, W. H. (William H.), 1844-1893. Photographer Stereographs of Minnesota scenery.
Jarvis, John F. Publisher
Upton, Benjamin Franklin, 1818- Upton's Minnesota and Northwestern views.
Upton, Benjamin Franklin, 1818- Series of Indian portraits and views.
Upton, Benjamin Franklin, 1818- Upton's series of Minnesota views.
Whitney, J. E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886. Gems of Minnesota scenery.
Zimmerman, Charles A., 1844-1909. Photographer
Burritt & Pease. Photographer
Caswell & Davy. Scenery on the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Martin's Art Gallery. Martins's collection of Indian portraits.
Underwood & Underwood, distributor.
Union View Company. Minnesota Scenery.
Whitney & Zimmerman, photographers.
Robert Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views.
Added Title
American views, new H series
STereoscopic gems, scenery and groups.
Research Call Number
MFY Dennis Coll 90-F394
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