Chief Joseph & Nez Perce chiefs who surrendered to Gen Miles. / E. E. Henry

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Title: Chief Joseph & Nez Perce chiefs who surrendered to Gen Miles. / E. E. Henry
Creator: Henry, Ebenezer E., 1828-1915, photographer.
Published/Created: Leavenworth, Kan. : E. E. Henry, [1877?]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 13.5 x 22 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Studio group portrait of four Nez Percé Indian chiefs detained as prisoners of war wearing mixtures of western and traditional clothing including hide shirts with embroidered shoulder and sleeve strips and ermine skin fringe, hats adorned with feathers, and blankets. All four individuals hold fans. Individual seated at left wears pompadour hairstyle. Photograph taken in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas sometime after November 27 1877.; Standing left to right: ?, Yellow Bull.; Seated left to right: Charles Moses, Chief Joseph.; Image used as part of exhibit curated by Charles F. Fish during the Second International Congress of Eugenics in New York City in 1921.; Inscription on verso: Chief Joseph & some of his Chiefs Nez Perces.; Label applied to verso: The Second International Congress of Eugenics Exhibit of Scientific Studies at the American Museum of Natural History Seventy-Seventh Street and Central Park West, New York City September 22 to October 22, 1921; Exhibit No.; Exhibit; Exhibited by - C.F. Fish; Address - So. Swansea Mass; Disposition - Return.; Title derived from inscribed image caption.; "Charles Moses" variant personal names: Charley Moses.; "Joseph (Nez Percé Chief)" variant personal names: Chief Joseph, Heinmah-Tooya-latkekht, Hin-mut-too-uah-lat-kekht, Hinmaton-yalaktit, Thunder Rolling in the Mountains, Young Chief Joseph, Young Joseph.; "Nez Percé Indians" variant names: Chopunnish Indians, Nimapu Indians, Nimiipuu Indians, Numipu Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Eugenics.; Fort Leavenworth (Kan.); Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific.; Joseph--(Nez Percé Chief),--1840-1904--Portraits.; Miles, Nelson Appleton,--1839-1925.; Moses, Charles--(Nez Percé chief)--Portraits.; Nez Percé Indians.; Nez Percé Indians--Wars, 1877.; Shahaptian Indians.; Yellow Bull--(Nez Percé chief),--approximately 1825-1920--Portraits.; Beadwork--1870-1880.; Clothing & dress--United States--1870-1880.; Embroidery--1870-1880.; Fans (Accessories)--Nez Percé--United States--1870-1880.; Hairstyles--United States--1870-1880.; Hats--United States--1870-1880.; Hides & skins--1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples--United States--1870-1880.; Prisoners of war--Nez Percé--United States--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples--Northwest, Pacific.; Nez Percé.; Nez Percé--Wars, 1877.; Sahaptin.; Fish, Charles Frederick,--1855-1940,--former owner.
Genre: Albumen prints 1870-1880.; Boudoir card photographs 1870-1880.; Group portraits 1870-1880.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 568
Barcode: B10932092
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Hen.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: 4216 x 5854
File Size: 774 KB
Record: 568
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