The Captive White Boy, Santiago McKinn

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Title: The Captive White Boy, Santiago McKinn
Creator: Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901 photographer.
Published/Created: Tombstone, Ariz. : C. S. Fly, 1886; ©1886
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 21.5 x 14 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Group portrait of several Chiricahua Indian children and men wearing mixtures of western and traditional clothing posing before wikiup. Child standing front and center identified as Jimmy "Santiago" McKinn, a white American child captured by Geronimo's band in 1885 at the age of 11. Photograph taken at Chiricahua Indian encampment of Geronimo's band in Cañon de los Embudos in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Sonora, Mexico.; "Copyright, 1886, By C. S. Fly, Tombstone, Ariz.".; Title derived from image caption printed on verso.; Printed 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. 170---The Captive White Boy, Santiago McKinn. The requirements of law having been complied with, all persons are warned not to copy this photograph. Address all orders to C. S. Fly, Portrait and Landscape Photographer. Tombstone, Ariz.; "Geronimo" variant personal names: Goyakla, Goyathlay, Goyahkla, Hieronymo, One Who Yawns.; "Chiricahua Indians" variant names: Hen-de, Nde, Tsokanende.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Apache Indians.; Apache Indians--Wars, 1883-1886.; Athapascan Indians.; Chiricahua Indians.; Crook, George,--1829-1890; Geronimo,--1829-1909; Indian captivities.; Indians of North America--Southwest, New.; McKinn, Santiago,--1875-1941--Portraits.; Sierra Madre (Mexico); Arrows--1880-1890.; Bows (Weapons)--1880-1890.; Captives--American--Mexico--1880-1890.; Children--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indian encampments--Mexico--1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples--1880-1890.; Necklaces--1880-1890.
Genre: Albumen prints 1880-1890.; Boudoir card photographs 1880-1890.; Group portraits 1880-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 552
Barcode: B10931726
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Fly.001
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5760 x 4142
File Size: 852 KB
Record: 552
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-552/bou029_001

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Full citation: "The Captive White Boy, Santiago McKinn". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-552/bou029_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 19, 2024.

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