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1. L.R.298.b.2, 3(92)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(92)
Title:
Fast Elk. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Fast Elk, an Ogalala Sioux: 'Born 1838. He first went on the war-path at eighteen; the party searched for the Pawnee, but finding only a deserted village, returned. Fast Elk never led a war-party, but fought in four great battle...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 3(78)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(78)
Title:
Two-Strike. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders, half-profile portrait, turned to the left, of Two-Strike, a Brulé Sioux chief. A biographical sketch of Two-Strike appears in volume 3 of 'The North American Indian', page 190: 'Born 1821. At the age of twelve he accompanied his first war-party ag...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 3(76)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(76)
Title:
The medicine-man. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length full-face portrait of Slow Bull, an Ogalala Sioux medicine-man, standing in a grassy landscape. 'Invocation and supplication enter so much into the life of the Indian that this picture of the grim old warrior invoking the Mysteries is most characteristic....
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 3(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(77)
Title:
Ogalala war-party. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of a group of Sioux on horseback: 'Here is depicted a group of Sioux warriors as they appeared in the days of intertribal warfare, carefully making their way down a hillside in the vicinity of the enemy's camp. Many hold in their hands, instead of weapons, mere ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 3(79)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(79)
Title:
Sioux chiefs. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait of three Sioux chiefs on horseback. 'Very often two or three men would form themselves into a war-party and ride away to be gone weeks or months. Sometimes they returned with scalps, or horses, or women; and again the war-party, whether large or small, met d...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 3(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(81)
Title:
Jack Red Cloud. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait, turned to the right, of Jack Red Cloud, an Ogalala Sioux. 'The subject of this portrait is the son of the Ogalala chief Red Cloud.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 3(89)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(89)
Title:
Little Hawk. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Little Hawk, a Brulé Sioux: 'This portrait exhibits the typical Brulé physiognomy.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 3(94)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(94)
Title:
Ogalala woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an Ogalala Sioux woman: 'A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some primitive people.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 3(99)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(99)
Title:
The morning attack. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Distant view of a group of horsemen riding on the plains, presumably Ogalala Sioux: 'The favorite moment for attack was just at dawn, when the enemy was presumably unprepared to offer quick resistance.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 3(84)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(84)
Title:
Slow Bull — Ogalala. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait, turned to the left, of Slow Bull, a subchief of the Ogalala Sioux. A biographical sketch of Slow Bull appears in The North American Indian in volume 3, p.189: 'Born 1844. First war-party at fourteen, under Red Cloud, against Apsar...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

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