A disbound album of photographs of Plains Indians in Indian Territory, made by photographer William E. Irwin in the 1890s to early 1900s. The images document the Chiricahua Apache, Comanche, and Kiowa Indians who lived near Anadarko and Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Some photographs may have been made at Irwin’s studio in Chickasha, Indian Territory. Besides the studio and field portraits, there are also candid views illustrating late 19th-century Plains Indians in their daily lives; views of cowboys and cattle herding; Fort Sill; tipis; landscapes; and one view of a Wichita Indian grass house or wickiup. Notable portraits include those of Geronimo, seated, posing with headdress and revolver; Appeahtone (Kiowa Chief) and his wife; and Quanah Parker (Comanche Chief) with two of his wives.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
50 photographs in 1 photograph album ; prints 5 1/2 x 4 in.
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