Bud Lake and Randy Brewer lantern slides

Bud Lake and Randy Brewer lantern slides, 1880-1918

Overview of the Collection

Title: Bud Lake and Randy Brewer lantern slides
Dates: 1880-1918 (inclusive)
18801918
Quantity: 22 lantern slides
Collection Number: LS 001
Summary: This collection contains forty lantern slides of primarily Crow and Sioux Indians made from images taken during 1880 and 1918. The images show scenes of Indian people and their way of life at the end of the nineteenth century in the Dakotas and Montana.
Repository: Montana Historical Society, Library & Archives
Montana Historical Society Research Center Archives
225 North Roberts
PO Box 201201
Helena MT
59620-1201
Telephone: 4064442681
Fax: 4064445297
mhslibrary@mt.gov
Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.
Languages: No textual or other language materials are included in the collection.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Twenty-two lantern slides in this collection have information on the slide identifying the photographer or publisher. For eighteen of the images, no information is provided about who produced the slide. Lantern slides were made from many sources: photographs, published works, drawings, paintings, etc., and were used for commercial and educational purposes. The following photographers/publishers are included in this collection of lantern slides:

Aloe’s, St. Louis, MO.

Printed on the Aloe’s slides is “Advertising and Lecture Slides Makers.” One slide in this collection is an image of Indians dancing with a title “Bishop Hare wrote under this photograph ‘This is what we began with.’” The title probably refers to William Hobart Hare (1838-1909), the Protestant Episcopal Church Missionary Bishop of District of Niobrara, Nebraska from 1873 who was called Apostle to the Sioux.

The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS)

The Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society (DFMS) was established in 1821 by the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. In 1835, it was legislated that every Episcopalian was a member of the DFMS to emphasize that the Church as a whole was called to mission.

Erker Brothers Optical Company

This optical company was started in 1879 by A.P. Erker, who was later joined by his brother, Olympic gold medalist August Erker. A.P. Erker was one of the official photographers of the 1904 World's Fair. The company is still run by the Erker family in St. Louis, Missouri.

Keystone View Company

The Keystone View Company, located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, was a major producer of stereographs and lantern slides. The company was started by Benneville Lloyd Singley (1864-1938) and by 1905, the year of its incorporation, it was the largest business of its kind in the world. All manufacturing was done in Meadville, but branch offices were in New York; St. Louis; San Francisco; Portland; Oregon; Chicago; Toronto, Canada; and London, England.

William Herman Rau (1855–1920)

Rau was an American photographer, best remembered for his stereo cards of sites around the world, and for his panoramic photographs of sites along the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was born in Philadelphia in 1855, and learned photography from his older brother, George, who operated a photography studio out of the Rau house. In 1885, he set up his own studio in Philadelphia, and operated this studio for the remainder of his life, producing stereo cards, lantern slides, and silver prints. He was official photographer of the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, and of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland in 1905.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection of lantern slides depicts the lives of Crow and Sioux Indians living in Montana and the Dakotas during 1880 and 1918. There are formal portraits of individuals including Crow Indians Bird All Over the Ground, Mrs. High Medicine Rock, Plenty Coups, and Two Belly, and Sioux Indians Gall, Episcopal Reverends Philip Deloria (Yankton band) and Luck C. Walker (Santee), and Red Cloud (Oglala). There are also scenes of domestic life dwelling in tipi camps and drying meat; scenes of social life at gatherings or ceremonies; scenes of culture, religion, dress, and decoration; and views of tipis and buildings at Pine Ridge and Crow Agency. In fourteen slides, the Indian tribe is not given, however, because Bud Lake and Randy Brewer were primarily interested in collecting Crow Indian photographs and artifacts, some of the unidentified images may be of individuals from that tribe. For four lantern slides in this collection, the Montana Historical Society has the same image as a photograph.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Montana Historical Society is the owner of the materials in the Photograph Archives collections and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from the Photograph Archives before any reproduction use. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in its collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.

Preferred Citation

Bud Lake and Randy Brewer lantern slides. LS 001. [Box, folder number, and photograph number.] Montana Historical Society Photograph Archives, Helena, Montana.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by the name of the photographer or publisher (i.e. Aloe’s of St. Louis and William H. Rau). Within each photographer/publisher series, the lantern slides are arranged by the Indian tribe that has been photographed (i.e. Sioux Indians and Crow Indians). If the tribe is not known, the lantern slides are arranged in a subseries entitled “Indians, Tribe Unknown”.

Acquisition Information

Acquisition information available upon request.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I: Aloe’s, St. Louis, Mo.Return to Top

Description	Dates
Subseries 1: Sioux Indians
01>: Bishop Hare wrote under this photograph "This is what we began with." [Drawing of Indian men dancing together in a circle. Some wear masks representing animals.] (Advertising and Lecture Slide Makers)	circa 1880
02: Camping scene, Sioux. [Women tending pots on a cook fire. Nearby are wagons, haystacks, and a small wooden building.] (Advertising and Lecture Slide Makers)	circa 1900
Subseries 2: Indians, Tribe Unknown
03: [Child and dogs]. [Young child wearing jacket and cap stands by the porch of a house near two dogs. Behind s a building with a bell tower or steeple.] (Advertising and Lecture Slide Makers)	circa 1900
04: [Family on a horse-drawn sled]. [Man (wearing coat and fur cap), woman, and three children (wearing blankets and caps) stand in a long, wooden horse-drawn sled. A building is behind the sled.] (Advertising and Lecture Slide Makers)	circa 1900

Series II: Domestic & Foreign Missionary SocietyReturn to Top

Description	Dates
Subseries 1: Indians, Tribe Unknown
05: [Woman and two men]. [Woman, in a long white dress, stands with two men in front of a stone building. One man wears a vest, jacket, and holds a hat; the other wears a jacket and beaded necklace.] (#56; 281 Fourth Ave., New York)	circa 1900

Series III: Erker Bros. Optical Co.Return to Top

Description	Dates
Subseries 1: Crow Indians
06: No Foretop smoking pipe - F. Miller, Crow. [Man kneels inside a tipi and holds a long-stemmed pipe to his lips. He wears a breechcloth, feather headdress, and armband with ermine pelts. Fred Miller is the photographer.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1905
Subseries 2: Sioux Indians
07: Old Sioux man. [Elderly man, wearing a jacket and holding a hat and bag, stands near a house. Behind are a gazebo-like structure and a building with bell tower or steeple.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
08: Old Sioux woman. [Elderly woman stands outdoors in the snow wearing a fur hood and a blanket over her shoulders. Nearby is a child seated in a wagon.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
09: Sioux woman and travois. [Woman, wearing a long dress and wide sash, holds a rope attached to a horse carrying bundles and pulling a travois. Behind the horse are people in a wagon and a tipi.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis, Mo.)	circa 1900
10: Man driving cart - Sioux. [Man wearing a fur coat and cap sits in a horse-drawn cart on a snowy road. A building is in the distance.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
11: Men outside church - Sioux. [Eighteen men in three rows (kneeling, seated, standing) are in front of a building. They wear jackets and white shirt. Some have clerical collars and some hold books.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
12: Mounted men & Sioux. [Group of men (wearing jackets, vests, and brimmed hats), some on horseback and some kneeling or standing in front of the horses.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
13: Man seated in wagon - Sioux. [Man, wearing a jacket, brimmed hat, and clerical collar, sits in a horse-drawn carriage. Several wall tents are behind him.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
14: Circular dance - Sioux. [Man with a bucket walks by a pile of goods (pails, lantern, coffee pot, etc.) in a field. People seated on the ground encircle the pile. Wagons, tents, and tipis are behind them.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
15: Sioux camp and meat. [Man wearing a feather headdress stands near a small tipi and a large drying rack holding pieces of meat. Wagons and other tipis are also in the camp.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
Subseries 3: Miscellaneous
16: [Log building]. [Long one-story log building with two doors and windows. Next to it is a shelter constructed with poles and a roof made of branches.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900
17: Red Cedar Grove, Big Foot Pass, Badlands, S.D. by J.M.H. [Scenic view of rocky cliffs, snow-covered trees, and a large valley.] (608 Olive St. St. Louis)	circa 1900

Series IV: Keystone View CompanyReturn to Top

Description	Dates
Subseries 1: Indians, Tribe Unknown
18: Indian warriors in council. [Four men sit near a tipi. They wear native regalia and have shields decorated with birds and feathers. One man holds a fur-wrapped lance and another holds a pipe.] (#P254, #23347; Studios, Meadville, PA. (2 slides))	circa 1910
19: Indian ponies and riders in costume. [Five men wear native regalia, four on horseback, one standing. Two men hold decorated lances. Other men, some non-native, stand nearby, with buildings and tipis behind.] (#P201, #23093; Studios, Meadville, PA.)	circa 1910
20: Indian fur camp on the plains. [Man and woman are by a tipi and wagon. Meat hangs on the frame of the wagon's cover. Animal skins are spread out on the ground; one is staked.] (#P255, #23315; Studios, Meadville, PA.)	circa 1910

Series V: William H. Rau, PhotographerReturn to Top

Description	Dates
Subseries 1: Crow Indians
21: Crow squaws with their elk tooth dresses. [Four women wearing elk-tooth dresses and headscarves sit on horseback in front of tipis. Two women hold beaded pouches. The horses have tack decorated with beadwork.] (Philadelphia, Penna.)	circa 1900

Series VI: Publisher UnknownReturn to Top

Description	Dates
Subseries 1: Crow Indians
22: Crow Chief. [Portrait (bust) of an unidentified man wearing a shirt decorated with beadwork and ermine pelts, and a feather headdress.] (F5)	circa 1900
23: Wildschut - Bird All Over Ground & family. [Bird All Over the Ground (in traditional regalia) & his daughter (Birdie, in an elk-tooth dress) stand outdoors by his young granddaughters (Mary and Elizabeth) seated on a blanket.]	circa 1918
24: Wildschut - Mrs. High Medicine Rock and women. [Two women on horseback are near a two-story building. They wear elk-tooth dresses and hold decorated staffs; one woman holds a shield. The horses have tack with beadwork.]	circa 1918
25: [Indians on horseback at monument]. [Group of men in native regalia are lined up on horseback near grave markers, probably at Little Bighorn Battlefield. Some men hold flags; one holds a tall tree branch.]	circa 1900
26: Crow Agency Station. [Group of men, wearing jackets and hats, stand on a wooden platform near a building. The sign on the building reads "Crow Agency, Adams Express Company."]	circa 1904-1908
27: Bell - PC & Two Belly. [Portraits (from a publication) done by C.M. Bell of "Plenty Coups (Scalps) Crow Indian" and "Two Belly Crow Indian". The men wear traditional native regalia.] (color)	circa 1880
Subseries 2: Sioux Indian
28: Gall - Sioux. [Portrait (bust) of Gall, a Hunkpapa Sioux Indian man. He wears a shirt open at the neck. His hair is unbraided. D.F. Barry is the photographer.]	1881
29: Pine Ridge view and man. [Man wearing a shirt and vest stands on a dirt road lined with a fence. Behind him are houses with chimneys and several outbuildings. A flag flies from a tall flag pole.] (Pine Ridge, S.D.)	circa 1900
30: Old Sioux man & pipe. [Elderly man, wearing a long coat, brimmed hat, and scarf, stands outdoors holding a tobacco pipe decorated with beadwork. A rider on horseback and a fence are behind him.]	circa 1900
31: The Rev. Philip Deloria and the Rev. Luke C. Walker, Indian delegates from South Dakota. [Two men wearing jackets, hats, and clerical collars stand in front of a building. The men, Episcopal priests, have coats over their arms and hold papers in their hands.]	circa 1900
32: Red Cloud, the old-time warrior. Totally blind, 1904. [Studio portrait of an elderly man wearing fringed and beaded pants; striped shirt; beaded vest, gloves, and neckerchief; and brimmed hat. He is seated in a chair.]	circa 1904-1908
Subseries 3: Indians, Tribe Unknown
33: [Indian man standing in circle of seated men]. [Painting (possibly by Frederic Remington) of an Indian man standing in front of a circle of seated men inside a tipi.] (Frederic Rem)	circa 1900
34: Indian and Bible. [Elderly man, wearing beaded vest and wristbands and a brimmed hat, stands outdoors holding a book with a cross on the cover. Behind him are buildings and tipis.]	circa 1900
35: Three men on horseback. [Three men wearing feather headdresses sit on horseback on a street in front of a house. One horse has bells around its neck and another has a feather in its forelock.]	circa 1900
36: [Man in capote]. [Studio portrait of a young Indian man wearing a striped capote and cartridge belt. He has a feather in his hair. The backset is a snow scene.] (color)	circa 1900
37: Indian Tepee. [Camp with two women, two tipis, a wagon, and bundles on the ground. The tipis have painted tops and one has a figure decorating it. A man is entering one of the tipis.] (F20)	circa 1900
38: Interior Indian tepee. [Woman stands inside a tipi. Beaded items hang on one wall and bundles of clothing, bedding, and blankets are on the ground.] (color) (38)	circa 1900
39: Man standing by train station. [Young Indian man wearing a blanket over his shoulders stands on a platform by a wooden building. He also wears necklaces and fur in his hair. He holds a bundle in his arm.]	circa 1900

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