Shoshone Indian portrait collection, 1870-1890
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Baker, Charles S.
- Title
- Shoshone Indian portrait collection
- Dates
- 1870-1890 (inclusive)18701890
- Quantity
- 1 box, (0.5 linear ft. )
- Collection Number
- UUS_P0292
- Summary
- Three albumen photographs. Two of the images are unidentified, but one came from the photographers Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston. The photographs date from the 1870s to the 1880s.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
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Restrictions
Open to public research.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, 2007-2008
Biographical Note
Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston ran a photographic studio in Evanston in the early 1880s and are best known for a series of photographs of Shoshone, Arapahoe, and Apache Indians
Content Description
The Shoshone Indian portrait collection consists of three albumen images. Two of the images are unidentified, but one came from the photographers Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston who ran a studio in Evanston, Wyoming. Baker & Johnson are best known for a series of images of Shoshone, Arapahoe, and Apache Indians. The photographs date from the 1870s to the 1880's.
For more photographs of the Shoshone please see the Compton "photo-boards" P0313, the manual card catalog located in the Special Collections reading room in Merrill Library, and the George Ellsworth photo collection P0025. The prints are located in a document box that contains collections P0283-P0310.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
CopyrightIt is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from the owner of the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors). The user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Utah State University Libraries, its officers, employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he or she is an owner of copyright.
Permission to publish material from the Shoshone Indian portrait collection must be obtained from the Special Collections Photograph Curator and/or the Special Collections Department Head.
Preferred Citation
Shoshone Indian portrait collection, 1870-1890. (P0292). Utah State University. Special Collections & Archives Department.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: 1:01: "Oiti, second Chief Shoshones," by Baker & Johnston, Evanston, Wyoming
(This man has also been identified as the Arapaho Chief, Black Coal.)
Dates: 1885Container: Box 1 -
Description: 1:02: Unidentified Shoshone man and womanDates: undatedContainer: Box 1
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Description: 1:03: Six unidentified Shoshone childrenDates: undatedContainer: Box 1
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Personal Names
- Baker, Charles S.
- Johnston, Eli.
- Johnston, Eli. (contributor)
Geographical Names
- Shoshoni Indians--Wyoming--Photographs.
