Ute Chief - Washington. / B. E. Hawkins, Photo'r.

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Title: Ute Chief - Washington. / B. E. Hawkins, Photo'r.
Creator: Hawkins, Ben E., -1882, photographer.
Published/Created: Denver Colorado : B. E. Hawkins, [between 1876 and 1882]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 12.5 x 21 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Three-quarters-length studio portrait of older Ute Indian man identified as "Washington" wearing a mixture of western and traditional clothing including a tricorne hat decorated with feathers. A large medal with "Washington, Ute Chief" inscribed on negative image plate also hangs from subject's neck.; Contemporary inscription on verso: Ute Chief Washington with Washington Medal taken by him from off a dead Arapahoe Indian after a fight at Whiskey Gap Wyoming about 1865 or earlier. The Medal was afterwards bought by Geo W Lower and sold to Ernest Granier of Paris France (Atlantic City....Mining Dept-Who was afterwards offered a thousand by Smithsonian Institution Washington also $2000=by French Scientific Assn? of Paris Fra being the only known original Washington Medal Issued by the US Government. I Murer.; "B. E. Hawkins & Chew Photo'r Denver Colorado" inscribed on negative image plate ("& Chew" scratched out).; Title derived from inscribed image caption on front.; "Ute Indians" variant names: Nuche Indians, Nuuchi-u, Uta Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Granier, Emile,--1829-1908 or 1909?; Indians of North America--Colorado.; Indians of North America--Southwest, New.; Numic Indians.; Ute Indians.; Uto-Aztecan Indians.; Hats--1870-1890.; Indigenous peoples--Colorado--1870-1890.; Medals--1870-1890.; Older people--Colorado--1870-1890.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1890.; Indigenous peoples--Colorado.; Indigenous peoples--Southwest, New.; Numic.; Ute (North American people); Uto-Aztecan.
Genre: Albumen prints 1870-1890.; Boudoir card photographs 1870-1890.; Photographic prints 1870-1890.; Portrait photographs 1870-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 564
Barcode: B10931993
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Haw.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: 4056 x 5784
File Size: 958 KB
Record: 564
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-564/bou041_001

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Full citation: "Ute Chief - Washington. / B. E. Hawkins, Photo'r.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-564/bou041_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 28, 2025.