• Photographs of North American Indians 1840s-circa 1879

Creator:

• Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Date:

• 1840s-circa 1879.

Extent:

• 13.0 linear ft., 10 flat boxes

Language:

• English

Subject:

• Carter, C. W., photographer
• Chamberlain, W. G. (William Gunnison), photographer
• Charnay, Désiré, 1828-1915, photographer
• Easterly, Thomas M. (Thomas Martin), 1809-1882, photographer
• Eaton, E. L. (Edric L.), b. ca. 1836
• Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882, photographer
• Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer
• Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899, photographer
• Westmann, Orloff R., photographer
• Whitney, Joel E. (Joel Emmons), 1822-1886, photographer
• Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.).
• Indians of Mexico—Photographs
• Indians of North America—Photographs
• Albumen prints
• Ethnographic photographs
• Portrait photographs

Abstract:

• Consists of two disbound photograph albums containing 1,025 mounted albumen photographs of North American Indians, including portraits of delegates to Washington, D.C.; expedition photographs; and early Western studio portraits by American photographers. Most of the photographs in the albums are described in William Henry Jackson's Descriptive Catalogue of the Photographs of North American Indians (1877). This collection is included in the Princeton University Digital Library.

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/zw12zf623

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9945848263506421

Electronic locations:

• arks.princeton.edu