Geronimo, The Apache Chief, : As taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico

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Title: Geronimo, The Apache Chief, : As taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico
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: Full length portrait of Geronimo wearing mixture of western and traditional clothing while holding Springfield rifle and possibly cross sticks used for improving shooting accuracy. Cartridge belt visible on subject's waist. Photograph taken near 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: Geronimo, The Apache Chief, As taken before the surrender to Gen. Grook in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico. Escaped March 30, 1886. The most fiendish, cruel and bloodthirsty of the Apaches now defying the United States and Mexico. 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. No. 187.; "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--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Southwest, New.; Sierra Madre (Mexico); Arrows--1880-1890.; Bullets--1880-1890.; Clothing & dress--1880-1890.; Indigenous peoples--1880-1890.; Shamans--1880-1890.; Warriors--1880-1890.
Genre: Albumen prints 1880-1890.; Boudoir card photographs 1880-1890.; Portrait photographs 1880-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 556
Barcode: B10931730
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Fly.005
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 4144 x 5764
File Size: 890 KB
Record: 556
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-556/bou033_001

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Full citation: "Geronimo, The Apache Chief, : As taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-556/bou033_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 27, 2025.