Lone Bull. / Geo. E. Spencer Photographer
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Record Details
- Title
- Lone Bull. / Geo. E. Spencer Photographer
- Published/Created
- Chicago : Geo. E Spencer, [1891]
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : collodion print ; mount 16.5 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
- Notes
- Half length studio portrait of Lone Bull (also known as One Bull) seated wearing mixture of western and traditional clothing including bone hairpipe breastplate.
- Subject associated with Ghost Dance movement and held as prisoner of war at Fort Sheridan following aftermath of Wounded Knee Massacre before being made to travel with Buffalo Bill's European tour.
- Printed at bottom: Geo. E. Spencer Photographer U.S.A. Fort Sheridan Home Studio 7520 Ellis Ave. Chicago.
- Printed on verso: Views of Camp Douglas Rifle Range, Including groups of all Range officers, Division and Department Teams of Army Competitions 1889=90. Group of the Hostile Sioux taken Prisoners at Pine Ridge and brought to Fort Sheridan, who afterward accompanied Buffalo Bill on his European tour. A complete set, Cabinet size, of the following: Kicking Bear, Short Bull, Bring the White, Brave, High Eagle, Lone Bull, Eagle Star, Know his Voice and Squaw Medicine Horse, Wounded with many Arrows, John Bruguier, Government Scout and Interpreter, Price, Per Set, $2.00. Views of Fort Sheridan, Each building being photographed seperately, furnished in sets or by single picture. Mail orders receive prompt attention. Duplicates of this picture at reduced rate.
- Title derived from image caption.
- "Lone Bull" variant personal names: One Bull, Tatanka Winjila.
- "Brulé Indians" variant names: Sicangu Oyate.
- Names and Subjects
- Photographs shelf.
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.
- Brulé Indians.
- Buffalo Bill's Wild West Company.
- Fort Sheridan (Ill.)
- Indians of North America--Great Plains.
- Indians of North America--North Dakota.
- Indians of North America--South Dakota.
- Lakota Indians.
- Lone Bull--(Brulé Indian),--approximately 1855---Portraits.
- Siouan Indians.
- Sioux Nation.
- Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
- Clothing & dress--1890-1900.
- Indigenous peoples--United States--1890-1900.
- Prisoners of war--Lakota--Illinois--Fort Sheridan--1890-1900.
- Tribal chiefs--United States--1890-1900.
- Brulé (North American people)
- Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.
- Indigenous peoples--North Dakota.
- Indigenous peoples--South Dakota.
- Lakota.
- Siouan.
- Genre
- Cabinet photographs 1890-1900.
- Collodion silver printing-out paper prints 1890-1900.
- Portrait photographs 1890-1900.
- Collection Title
- Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
- Collection Creator
- Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
- ID
- 488
- Barcode
- B10933418
- Call Number
- Photo Div Pohrt CAB Spe.011
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- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 3504 x 5760
- File Size
- 869 KB
- Record
- 488
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-488/cab176_001
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"Lone Bull. / Geo. E. Spencer Photographer". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-488/cab176_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 12, 2025.