Wanamaker expedition photograph album


Collection 4602

circa 1909-1925
(0.1 Linear feet ; 1 volume)
© Historical Society of Pennsylvania1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Summary Information

Repository
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Creator
Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth).
Title
Wanamaker expedition photograph album
ID
4602
Date
circa 1909-1925
Extent
0.1 Linear feet ; 1 volume
Author
Finding aid prepared by Sara H. Nash.
Language
English
Graphic materials (00019607) [Volume]
1
Abstract
Between 1908 and 1913, Rodman Wanamaker, son of department store magnate John Wanamaker, funded three expeditions, at the behest of Wanamaker’s educational director, Joseph Kossuth Dixon (1856-1926), to the western United States to document the lives and cultures of American Indians. Dixon led the expeditions and came back with array of photographs of the people and places he saw, some of which were used in a book he produced called The Vanishing Race (1913). This album contains nineteen black and white photographs and photographic postcards taken in Montana and the American Northwest. Nearly half are identified photographs of Crow Indian chiefs taken by Dixon. The others show basket weaving, women carrying baskets, and individuals with masks and carvings. A few items are attributed to other expedition photographers, Edward B. Marcell, Richard Brouhard, and J. M. Colby.

Preferred citation

Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Wanamaker expedition photograph album (Collection 4602), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Inventory with information on back of images

1. 189 - "Crow – The Bread" - circa 1909. Standing man in regalia.

2. "Crow - The Bread" - circa 1909, attributed to Joseph Dixon. Standing man in regalia. This photograph is unnumbered.

3. 307 - "Crow – Hairy Moccasin" - Standing man. Hairy Moccasin was a scout for George Custer in 1876.

4. 238 - "White Man Runs Him - Bust portrait of man in regalia. Custer Scout in 1876.

5. "Crow – Chief Medicine Crow, Age 65" - Bust portrait of man with blanket. This photograph is unnumbered.

6. 170 - "Plenty Coups" - Standing man in regalia. Crow chief.

7. 285 - "Crow – Wolf Lies Down, $250" - Bust portrait of man. Crow chief.

8. "Crow – Grayhair" - Portrait of standing gray-haired man on a hill. Crow chief. This photograph is unnumbered.

9. 425 - Portrait of standing man wrapped in blanket next to a small creek.

10. Vertical photo: R. A. Brouhard, and Elite Studio 810 ½ East Second St. The Dalles, Oregon (rubber stamp). Standing man in regalia holding a pipe. Horizontal photo: Finished By That Man Marcell, Vancouver, WN (rubber stamp). Man in regalia on horseback.

11a. No inscription. Image of teepees against a partly cloudy sky.

11b. Postcard - "Native Indians making baskets. Greetings from Charlevoix, Mich."

12a. Postcard - Three adults and one child sitting on grass. Marked "J. M. Colby, Nausau, Wis."

12b. No inscription - Two people with baskets on their backs walking away from the camera.

13a. Elite Studio Port Townsend, Wn (rubber stamp). Image of basket crafts on a shelf and tables.

13b. Postcard - Two adults and one infant on horseback in foreground. Marked " Pub by Ellis, 455."

14. No inscription - Image of hand-crafted items hanging on a wall.

15. "Shustack’s Point, Wrangell [Alaska], Chief Shakes’ long house." Image of several people posed outside the building.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2024.

1300 Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200

Access restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Provenance

Purchase, 2023.

Accession number 2023.061.

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928

Subject(s)

  • Indians of North America--History.
  • Indians of North America--Social life and customs.
  • Indians of North America.
  • Rodman Wanamaker Expedition.

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