Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Sketch from life : Chief Tall Bear, and photos of Henry H. Cross
Collection — Huntington box 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9077
Scope and content
Oil painting on board of Chief Tall Bear. Includes photocopy of an excerpt about Cross from The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West. Back of painting has inscription to "Minnie Walkin, compliments of H. H. Cross." The corner that has the date is missing. The back states that Tall Bear was a member of the Blackfeet Indians. Also included are two signed photographs of Cross. One says "Why Not, 1915"; the other shows Cross in his studio surrounded by his...
Dates:
ca. 1900.
The Huffman pictures
Collection — Huntington box 20
Identifier: 9089
Scope and content
Album of photographs dated between 1870 and 1910. Some illustrations from magazines. Includes invoice for purchase by The Heye Foundation. Some of the photos are colored. The photos show various aspects of frontier and Indian life in Montana and Missouri. There is a typed note inside the cover from Huffman written at Miles Creek, Montana and a signed picture of Huffman. Included are photos of Sioux and Cheyenne Indians, cowboys, and ranchers, the battle field of Little Bighorn with the grave...
Dates:
1870-1910.
Tracing made from a painted buckskin showing tribal history
Collection — Manuscript box 40 - folder 1
Identifier: 9012
Scope and content
This is a tracing of a deer skin history made by Wounded Bear, Ogallala Sioux. The tracing was made by E. J. Bush. Two versions of the tracing are included. The collection also contains 2 typed translations of the drawings and 1 handwritten copy, plus provenance notes. A note with the collection states that the original deerskin has been lost. A separate note, from E. K. Bennett, states that on June 20, 1938, Mr. Bush reported that the original deer skin was offered for sale through Ben...
Dates:
1894.
Warrior on horseback sketch
Collection — Huntington box 39b - folder 1
Identifier: 9078
Scope and content
Pencil sketch of an Indian riding on a horse. Teepees can be seen in the background. Includes photocopy of an excerpt about Cary from "The illustrated biographical encyclopedia of artists of the American west.".
Dates:
undated.