Indigenous history (17 risultati)

Paperback. pp. 238. 8vo. Orange binding. Contains map of Port Alberni on inside front cover and black and white photographs and illustrations throughout text. Light shelfwear, sunning to spine and edges, blue stamp to ffep, otherwise no discernible flaws; very good+. As per introduction, "The Alberni District and Historical Society presents sixty-eight sketches by George Bird. These are selections from articles written during the period 1941-1950. Many of these appeared in the West Coast Advocate. These are the personal reminiscences of Mr. Bird and not a complete early history of the Alberni Valley". Alberni Valley; Indigenous; Pacific Coast history; colonialism (illustratore).…

A 1954 Department of Defense press photograph of Alaska Native soldiers of the Alaska National Guard on winter patrol, wearing white camouflage and moving through snowy brush. The period caption refers to the men as an "Eskimo Patrol" training "among the frozen wastes of Alaska," language typical of midcentury military publicity but also pointing to the specific role of Alaska Native soldiers in Arctic defense. The photograph belongs to the early Cold War history of Alaska as a strategic military frontier. During World War II, the Alaska Territorial Guard had drawn thousands of Alaska Native volunteers from coastal and interior communities to watch for invasion, protect transportation routes, and serve as the Army's local "eyes and ears." After the war, that model continued in the Alaska Army National Guard's Scout units, whose members operated from villages across northern and western Alaska and helped observe the Bering Sea coastline during the Cold War. The image is useful as a record of Indigenous participation in the military infrastructure of Arctic surveillance. Alaska Native guardsmen brought local knowledge, winter mobility, and village-based observation to a defense system that also included radar stations, air bases, communications sites, and ground observers. . Slight damage to edges; excellent Photograph measuring 8 x 10 inches. With caption, manuscript, and later sticker verso.…

Condizione: Near Fine. A real photo postcard portrait of James Paytiamo of Acoma Pueblo, identified on the verso as the author of Flaming Arrow's People by an Acoma Indian. Paytiamo was born at Acoma Pueblo in 1892 and died in 1957. His Flaming Arrow's People, published in 1932, drew on Acoma traditions and stories from tribal elders, and was part of a small body of early twentieth-century Native-authored writing presenting Pueblo history and culture to a broader reading public. Paytiamo was also connected to the collecting and sale of Acoma material culture; the National Museum of the American Indian records several Acoma objects collected or sold by him in the early 1930s. The portrait dates from the period in which Native writers, lecturers, artists, and cultural interpreters were often photographed for non-Native audiences in carefully staged studio images. The manuscript note on the verso identifies Paytiamo by name, place, and authorship, though we can not confirm that the handwriting is his. . Light wear and toning; near fine. Real photo postcard measuring approximately 3 ½ x 5 ½ inches. Studio portrait of James Paytiamo in blanket and feather headdress before a painted landscape backdrop. AZO stamp box with squares in the corners, dating the card to ca. 1926?1940s; divided postcard back, unused, captioned in manuscript on verso ?James Paytiamo / Acomita, N.M.? and ?Author of ?Flaming Arrow?s People by an Acoma Indian? / 1932..…

Condizione: Very good to excellent. The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had a number of publications including The Indian Helper, The Red Man, The Red Man and Helper, The Indian Craftsman, and The Arrow. The latter was founded in 1904 when William A. Mercer became superintendent after the school's founder, Richard Henry Pratt, left the position. The paper's motto describes it as "A Paper Devoted to the Interest of the Progressive Indian", and the very first edition states that its aim is to "become a medium for the best thought obtainable upon all sides of the Indian question" (Vol. I, no. 1, August 25, 1904). Offered here are four issues of The Arrow, all Vol. III: no. 9 (October 26, 1906), no. 11 (November 9, 1906), no. 16 (December 14, 1906), and no. 40 (May 31, 1907). Contents include sports news-Carlisle was known for its football team-news from current and former students, school events, poetry, and short articles. Football is almost always front-page news, and the paper typically reports big wins for Carlisle, which one article describes as "Bring[ing] Home Another Scalp" (Nov. 1906). Football news is also a place to emphasize the importance of obedience (for instance, "'Pop' Warner had his men under good control and as event after event was pulled off the value of efficient coaching and strict compliance with instructions was plainly manifested"; May 1907), a theme which is reiterated in a number of the articles. Students provide updates on school events, both religious and secular, and brief updates on individual students at home and away, such as "Louise Hardin who is out in the country at Mt. Airy, Penn., writes that she likes her place very much. William Garlow, one of our baseball twirlers, is under the weather. His friends wish him a speedy recovery." The Arrow also reprints articles from other newspapers about the school, such as a November 1906 article from the New York World which describes the school: "The Indians in the school range from little tots six years of age to grown men and women, who have been at the institution for a dozen years. They represent every tribe in the United States. Many of the youngsters are just entering the state of civilization, while those in the graduating class are fine specimens of the modern educated Indian." Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center hosts digitized copies of the school's publications; we find no physical holdings on OCLC. Of interest to historians of Carlisle and the assimilationist project. . Four issues. 12 x 17 ¾ inches folio, folded as issued. Folded again vertically, with some folded vertically twice. Wear and some tears and loss at folds, with toning and stains, some with marginal damage.…

Four issues of the Oklahoma Indian School Magazine, three of which are special issues focusing on schools of particular tribes: Kiowa (Dec. 1932), Cheyenne-Arapaho (Feb. 1933), and Seneca (Mar. 1933). May 1932 is not a special issue, but does focus mainly on the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School. It is also the only edition here to indicate each student's blood quantum. Contents are generally brief histories, rosters, accomplishments of various student groups, and short pieces of writing by the students, including poems, legends and histories, and discussions of school activities. The March 1933 Seneca issue contains a handwritten note from a student in Wyandotte, Wesley Valliere, to his mother, inviting her to the "May-day Demonstration-Day Program!!": "Be sure to bring your lunch so we can eat in the park together. I will have some schoolwork to show you and I am in the program. Please come, I think my teacher would surely have you come." Conditions as follows: Vol. I, no. 3: 7 x 10 ¾ inches, paper wraps. Wraps worn with stains and some wrinkling, unrelated manuscript pencil on back cover, very good minus. Contents excellent to Near Fine. Vol. I, no. 7: 7 x 10 ¾ inches, paper wraps. Magazine previously folded in half. Wraps worn with some stains and unrelated manuscript pencil markings, very good plus. Contents excellent. Vol. II, no. 2: 7 x 10 ¾ inches, paper wraps. Wraps with light wear and some unrelated manuscript pencil markings, excellent. Contents NF. Vol. II, no. 3: 7 x 10 ¾ inches, paper wraps. Wraps worn with some staining, manuscript note on inside cover, very good. Contents tone and somewhat wrinkled with some pages detached, very good minus. Of interest to historians of residential schools in Oklahoma. . Generally very good to excellent; see description for specific condition information. Four issues: Vol. I, no. 3 (May 1932), Vol. I, no. 7 (December 1932), Vol. II, no. 2 (February 1933), and Vol. II, no. 3 (March 1933). …

Condizione: Very good. The Red Man and Helper, a newspaper published by Carlisle Indian Industrial School, had several iterations, first published under the title Eadle Keatah Toh (1880-82)-Lakota meaning roughly "morning star," the title was an interesting choice for the newspaper of a school where only the English language was allowed. It was published as The Morning Star, then The Red Man: His Past, Present, and Future, until "His Past" was removed in 1888; then The Red Man until 1900, when it merged with The Indian Helper, running as The Red Man and Helper from 1900 to 1904.[1] The contents, with contributions from students, educators, and other publications, generally concern the value of an off-reservation, Euro-American education, and the capabilities of Indigenous students to assimilate into the Euro-American way of life. Offered here are nine issues of The Red Man and Helper: Vol. I no. 30 (Feb. 8 and 15, 1901), Vol. II no. 48 (July 11, 1902), Vol. III no. 1 (Aug. 15, 1902), Vol. III no. 40 (May 29, 1903), Vol. III no. 42 (June 12, 1903), Vol. V no. 38 (May 20, 1904), Vol. V no. 39 (May 27, 1904), Vol. V no. 40 (June 3 1904), and Vol. V no. 41 (June 10, 1904). Note that these are enumerations for The Red Man and Helper; each edition also provides a separate enumeration indexed to the first edition of The Red Man. Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center hosts digitized copies of the school's publications, and OCLC finds physical holdings of two editions (Vol. XVII, no. 39, and Vol. XIX, nos. 47-48) at Gettysburg College. Of interest to historians of Carlisle and the assimilationist project. [1] Jennifer Bess, "Casting a Spell: Acts of Cultural Continuity in Carlisle Indian Industrial School's the Red Man and Helper," Wicazo Sa Review 26, no. 2 (Fall 2011): 13-38. . Nine issues. 12 x 18 inches folio, folded as issued. Generally folded vertically twice, with some wear and tearing at folds; toned, with wear and damage especially to margins.…

Condizione: Near Fine. A photograph taken by Milton F. Swant of Menomonie, Wisconsin, showing a group of seven young ladies, at least one of whom is likely Indigenous. The photo is undated, but Swant was active in Menomonie between 1897 and 1898. Cabinet card; photo measuring 3 ¾ x 5 ½ inches on mount measuring 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches.…

A booklet telling the life story of "Colonel" Fred Cummins (18591932), especially his time growing up in the Council Bluffs area among the Omaha, Pawnee, Winnebago, and Sioux people, and his supposed ceremonial adoption later in life by Oglala Lakota Chief Red Cloud. Cummins, the son of a trapper, went on to head a Wild West exhibition called "Young Buffalo Wild West and Colonel Cummins' Far East", which mainly showcased Indigenous American chiefsthe booklet calls Cummins the 'only man with whom the Government intrusted all the famous Indian Chiefs, including Chief Geronimo and his band of Apaches". The photographs in the booklet mainly show various chiefs, including Red Cloud, Joseph, American Horse, and others; many of these were taken at Cummins' "Indian Congress" at the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. There is also a photograph of Calamity Jane, who participated in the Exposition as well. We find twenty-nine copies of the booklet in OCLC. Of interest to historians of wild west mythologizing. Cover and some pages torn at fold; some marginal damage to covers and slight wrinkling and toning to some pages; overall excellent. Single twenty-four page booklet measuring 6 ¼ x 9 ¼ inches. …

Catholic missionariesFranciscans in particularhave been present in what is now the American Southwest since the 16th century. For most of this time, these were Spanish missionaries missioning to the Pueblo people, mainly in New Mexico; these missionaries' presence waned over time. In 1898, several decades after the Navajo were allowed to return to a reservation on part of their former territory, the first permanent Catholic mission to the Navajo was organized. St. Michael's was founded by Fathers Anselm Weber and Berard Haile, German Franciscans from Cincinnati. Their approach was different from the Spanish friars' and that of the United States government primarily in that Weber and Haile advocated learning the Navajo language, understanding the culture, and approaching their conversion from that angle, especially focusing on children, who were more impressionable.[1] Haile in particular became an expert in the language and culture, translating many Catholic texts and producing dictionaries, and writing anthropological studies of Navajo culture and religion. Offered here is a German-language copyboth Haile and Anselm were Germanof the first volume of St. Michael's yearly publication, The Fransiscan Missions of the Southwest (Die Franziskaner Missionen des Suedwestens). The illustrated journal was published from 1913 to 1922 and discussed the Navajo and Pueblo people and cultures and the activities of the missionaries in the area. Among other topics, this volume contains an article about the Navajo Fire Dance ("Der Feuertanz der Navajo-Indianer") with photographs taken from Haile's Ethnologic Dictionary of the Navaho Language (1910). We find sixteen holdings on OCLC of the full run of the journal and three of this specific volume. Of interest to historians of Catholic missionaries to the Pueblo and Navajo people. [1] Ross Enochs, "The Franciscan Mission to the Navajos: Mission Method and Indigenous Religion, 18981940," The Catholic Historical Review 92, no. 1 (January 2006): 4673. Wear mainly to covers; excellent. Sixty-eight page booklet measuring 6 ¾ x 10 inches.…

Amory Nelson Chamberlin (18211894) was born on Brainerd Mission in what is now Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son and grandson of missionaries. Fluent in both English and Cherokee, Chamberlin worked as an interpreter and served under General Stand Watie in the Confederate States Army.[1] After the war, Chamberlin established the Pheasant Hill Mission near Vinita, Indian Territory, with Reverend Hamilton Balentine, preaching in Cherokee and English.[2] Offered here is a Cherokee-language version of the Shorter Catechism, translated by Chamberlin. The Cherokee written language is a syllabarya writing system in which symbols represent whole syllablesdeveloped in the early 19th century by Sequoyah, a Cherokee leader and inventor. It was one of the first writing systems for an Indigenous American language and significantly increased Cherokee literacy within a short time of its adoption in the 1820s.[3] We find fifteen copies of Chamberlin's catechism in OCLC. Of interest to historians of the Cherokee nation, its language, and its Christian missionaries. [1] Lon H. Eakes, "Rev. Amory Nelson Chamberlin, 18211894," Chronicles of Oklahoma 12, no. 1 (1934): 97102. [2] O.B. Campbell, Vinita, I.T.: The Story of a Frontier Town of the Cherokee Nation 18711907 (The Oklahoma Publishing Co., 1909). [3] Willard Walker and James Sarbaugh, "The Early History of the Cherokee Syllabary," Ethnohistory 40, no. 1 (Winter 1993): 7094. Marginal damage and fading to text; excellent. Folio of eleven unbound sheets (forty-four pages) measuring approximately 6 x 8 inches. …

Condizione: Excellent. A collection of sixteen real photo postcards showing the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School. Chilocco opened in 1884 in what was then Cherokee land in Indian Territory, and is now Newkirk, Oklahoma. Its early students were Cheyenne, Arapaho, Wichita, Comanche, and Pawnee; after 1910, Cherokee students began attending the school as well. Like other residential schools, it was run in the style of a military school, but focused on vocational training and manual and domestic labor. In the 1930s, its curriculum was reformed to have a greater focus on academics. It closed in 1980. The postcards include shots of grounds and building exteriors; some interiors, especially the school's newspaper office; a performance of "Hiawatha" (probably Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha), where students in traditional dress pose with tipis and a canoe; "Indian Students At Chiloco In Native Costume", showing a boy and a girl posing; and "Battalion and Band Inspection", showing groups of uniformed students in marching formation. One interesting shot shows band practice in the chapel, which has large woven tapestries on the wall, including one that appears to show a cross. Four of the completed cards were mailed from "Polly" to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W.T. Andem of Milton, Massachusetts. These are likely from the 1940s to 1950s. Mr. Andem seems to have been a student at Chilocco; Polly writes: "We were greeted royally at Chiloco. [.] One of the teachers was there so I showed him your map and he tried to locate old buildings for me. My, how the place has changed! You'd never recognize it. There are dozens of stone buildings. The place looks like a college campus. I don't know whether my pictures will mean anything to you or not. [.] Does it look familiar? They were all interested in your map. Some thought the water tower had been moved and others said it hadn't." Of interest to historians of US residential schools. Sixteen real photo postcards with six completed. …

Condizione: Excellent. A collection of seventeen real photo postcards showing the Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon. Chemawa, opened in 1880, was the second of its kind established after Pennsylvania's Carlisle. Its early students were from Indigenous tribes in the Pacific Northwest, including Puyallup, Nisqually, Nez Perce, and Wasco; it would later host a large proportion of Native Alaskan students as well. It became an accredited high school in 1927 and is still open today, with a number of buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also one site of probable mass unmarked children's graves, discovered in 2016 using ground penetrating radar. Many of the postcards are colorized. Shots are mainly building exteriors; several show the girls' dormitory with a large group of girls in Euro-American clothing on the lawn; one shows the parade grounds with boys in uniform lined up for a military-style parade; and one is the gated entrance to the school, with a large group of boys in uniform standing behind it. One completed Chewama postcard seems to be from a student, Agnes Jaeschke, who writes to her brother: "My dear Bertram: hope to see you soon. I hope [you] are well contended [sic] and happy as I am. My school is so much better here than in Mont. Much love and happiness to all." Of interest to historians of US residential schools. Seventeen real photo postcards with five completed.…

An early missionary letter from the Choctaw Nation written by Minerva Washburn (1788-1852), one of the first women attached to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions' Choctaw mission efforts, shortly after her arrival at Elliott Mission in what was then the Mississippi frontier. Carried under what appears to be one of the earliest recorded "Choctaw Agency" manuscript postal markings known, the letter was sent to her parents, Jonah and Sarah Washburn of Randolph, Vermont, in the spring of 1820. Minerva Washburn entered the service of the American Board in 1819 and arrived at Elliott Mission in January 1820. She was the sister of the missionary Cephas Washburn and would later marry missionary James Orr, becoming associated with the establishment of Dwight Mission in the Cherokee Nation. The identification of Washburn as the author is confirmed both by surviving missionary records and by the partially obscured signature beneath old reinforcement at the conclusion of the present letter. Datelined simply "Elliot, Choctaw Nation, April 29," the letter describes realities of life at one of the earliest Protestant mission stations among the Choctaw. Written only months after her arrival, the letter preserves a firsthand account of missionary settlement in Choctaw territory during the earliest phase of organized evangelical expansion into the Southeast. She writes: "For the first time I sit down to address you from this land of moral darkness. I often interrogate myself, isn't it a pity that 2000 miles lie between us? I am compelled to say that it is. I know your anxiety for me is great. But I have to record the goodness of the Lord to me, since I left my father's house. I have been carried through all the dangers, and trials, attendant on so long a journey, & was brought to this place in safety. My wants have all been supplied and I have been blessed with friends in a land of strangers. I suppose you have learnt the process of our journey from letters written by the brethren and sisters, and [text missing due to paper loss] not repeat it. I can assure you, my dear parents [paper loss] it was very grateful to us, after so long journey through the wilderness to find a place of rest, for such we call this establishment at present. [paper loss] from Vermont [..] was very good, as I [paper loss] you from that place. But during the latter part of my journey, and after my arrival here, it was in a declining state, owing I suppose to an entire change of diet, and employment. It is now and has been for some time better than when at the South. Perhaps you would like to know my employment. I spend most of my time in sewing. We generally have enough to employ two hands. I usually ride or walk out, morning and exercising for the preservation of health, accompanied with some of the other sisters. Our walks are very pleasant. The woods are beautiful. Instead of [..] brush, as at the north, they are covered with grass & flowers. I wish you could have a view of Elliot. Its local situation far exceeded my expectation. And I found more of the necessaries and even the comforts of life, than I expected. We have a plenty of cornbread, milk, and meat, and some butter, coffee and tea and sugar, and some flour, and a boat is expected in a few days, that will supply us with a quantity of flour, cheese and dried apples. My dear parents, you often mentioned to me the dangers and fears that would attend me, when crossing rivers, forests, and swamps. But I can tell you, my fears were dissipated, and I felt calm and composed. I must write a few words about the brethren and sisters. Br. Kingsbury, our pastor, has the superintendence of the mission. Br. Williams, the care of the school, which consists of 63 scholars. Br. Jesel the care of the farm. Br. Fisk is the blacksmith. [paper loss] the sisters, they are [paper loss] Kingbury's absence, [paper loss] Kingsbury, he is a [paper loss] both a friend and a sister to me, and wishes to be remembered. …

The New-York Daily Gazette was a newspaper published by J. and A. M'Lean, publishers best known for being the first to publish the collected Federalist papers in 1788. Of special interest in this edition of the Gazette are reports on the early days of the French Revolution and relations with Indigenous peoples in Ohio, and an advertisement for a reward of $16 for the return of two escaped enslaved men. In France at the time, the Estates-Generalwherein the National Assembly was formedhad just disbanded, and the Bastille had not yet been stormed. The Gazette's report is baffled at the severity of violence in the country: "There never was known in the history of that country, such tumults as have arisen within the last few weeks, throughout almost all the Provinces. We may suppose, that from the frenzy which has seized the people, that the scarcity of grain must have been nearly equal to a famine, or that there has been gross neglect in the inferior offices of governments. It is however, not impossible, but that this scarcity has been in some instances the plausible pretext for committing violences which might originate in other causes. It is well known that the most unhappy seditions exist in many places, on the difference of opinion in the mode of convening the States General of the kingdom. [.] At Alix, several people lost their lives. The town-house was attacked, the public corn magazines broke open, and the military put to flight. But at Aulps, the tumults were most outrageous, and we are now confirmed in a report, which at first seemed incredible, that at this latter place, the mob killed the Chief Magistrate of the town, by name Montserra, in the most barbarous manner. They broke open his house, and having seized his person, tore him limb from limb, after dragging him along the streets as a sight." The situation is violent back in the States as well. A report from the "Western Territory"here, referring to the land that would become Ohio tells of the "very hostile appearance" of the "Indians [.] in that quarter": "a Captain King, belonging to the New England settlers, had been murdered by a party of them, about fifteen days previous to his departure, near the mouth of the Hockhocking river, as he was reconnoitering some ground, for the purpose of laying off a town, and that Captain Brandtt [sic] is a leading instrument, in endeavouring to rouse his yellow bretheren to commit depredations on the white inhabitants." New Englanders, the first Euro-Americans to settle Ohio, had begun to do so only a year prior, when Ebenezer Sproat, Rufus Putnam, and others established the town of Marietta. By "Captain Brandtt", the Gazette is likely referring to Thayendanegea, also known as Joseph Brant (17431807), a Mohawk political and military leader who allied with Great Britain during the American Revolution. Thayendanegea had recently met in Michigan with leaders from a number of Indigenous nations, and released a declaration that the Ohio River would be the eastern boundary of their territory. Lastly, an advertisement promises a $16 reward for the return "home" of two fugitive enslaved men: "Run away from the subscriber, living near the Long Calm Fork of Gunpowder on Sunday the 31st of May, to young NEGRO MEN, one named Harry, about 26 years of age, five feet seven or eight inches high, straight and well made, has a down look when spoke to, and is very lively [.] NATT, about 23 years of age, five feet ten or eleven inches high, a little bow legged, and very active, has lost one of his upper fore teeth has a bold look, and is rather talkative [.] neither of them very black, both fond of drink, particularly Natt, who is impertinent and quarrelsome when in liquor; they are sensible, artful fellows, and will probably endeavour to pass for free Negroes.". Marginal holes, folded with tear at central fold; else fine. Four pages measuring 12 ¼ x 9 ½ inches.…

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1814 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 514 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 514 Language: English.…

Early twentieth century Mexico documented in photographs and real photo postcards depicting rural life, Indigenous labor, archaeological sites, and urban landscapes during the decades surrounding the Mexican Revolution. The images record scenes of everyday activity alongside monumental remains of ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, illustrating the cultural landscape of Mexico during a period when tourism, archaeology, and national identity formation increasingly emphasized the country's Indigenous heritage. Photographs of markets, domestic work, agricultural labor, and village life provide visual evidence of social conditions and cultural practices within rural communities during the early twentieth century. Archive of thirty nine black and white real photo postcards and photographs dating from approximately the 1900s through the 1920s. Many images contain captions printed in the negative in English or Spanish identifying locations and subjects. Several photographs depict well known archaeological sites including views of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan and detailed images of the carved serpent heads of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. Other photographs document rural environments and community life, including images labeled "Xochimilco, Mex." showing canal traffic and canoe riders navigating the waterways near Mexico City. One real photo postcard captioned "Haciendo tortillas" depicts Indigenous women preparing tortillas over open fires surrounded by cooking vessels and firewood. Additional photographs show thatched roof dwellings, agricultural labor including men harvesting agave plants, and scenes of local marketplaces. A group portrait depicting Mexican soldiers alongside women and children suggests the presence of military or political activity during the revolutionary era. The photographs reflect a period when Mexico's archaeological monuments and Indigenous communities were increasingly photographed by travelers, ethnographers, and publishers producing visual material for both domestic and international audiences. After the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, intellectual and political movements promoting indigenismo emphasized Indigenous heritage as a central component of Mexican national culture, while archaeological research at sites such as Teotihuacan gained international attention. Real photo postcards circulated widely during this period and served both as souvenirs and as documentary images of landscapes, monuments, and local communities. Photographs and postcards generally measure approximately 3 x 5 inches and remain preserved as loose prints. Minor edge wear and surface toning visible with occasional curling at the corners; most images retain strong contrast and clarity. Overall very good condition. The archive provides a varied photographic record of Mexican cultural life, Indigenous communities, and archaeological sites in the early twentieth century.…

19th century photographs of frontier life document settlement, labor, travel, and Indigenous presence in the developing American West during the later decades of westward expansion. Twelve albumen photographs depict wagons traveling across open terrain, ranch buildings and campsites, cattle branding, hunters with game, Native riders on horseback, and families living in rudimentary dwellings. Several photographs were produced by photographer Abraham Bogardus of New York, a studio photographer active during the mid to late nineteenth century whose work circulated widely through photographic prints and studio images. The images together record the daily material realities of life in western territories including transportation, subsistence hunting, and the building of homesteads. Archive of twelve original albumen photographs ranging in size from approximately 4 x 5 inches to 8.25 x 11 inches mounted on large 11.5 x 14 inch mats. Nine of the smaller photographs carry the imprint of Bogardus Photographer, 363 Broadway, corner of Franklin Street, New York. Three photographs are mounted together on a single large sheet whose verso contains a political cartoon and an additional albumen studio photograph of a circus performer. The photographs portray a variety of frontier scenes including horses and mules with wagon travelers, ranch properties, outdoor campsites, and cattle branding activities. One photograph shows two hunters standing beside a stag with large antlers following a successful hunt. Another image depicts a family gathered outside a log cabin with a rock pile nearby, the figures dressed in nineteenth century clothing including long dresses and western work wear such as wide brimmed hats and boots. A further image shows a Native woman on horseback wrapped in a shawl while transporting two children in a small wooden cage structure attached to a dragging pole behind the horse. Photographic documentation of western settlement expanded rapidly in the later nineteenth century as photographers recorded landscapes, communities, and everyday activities associated with frontier life. These photographs capture both settler environments and Indigenous presence during a period when western territories were undergoing rapid economic development and population change through ranching, migration, and agricultural settlement. Scenes of wagon travel, homestead construction, and hunting illustrate the physical labor and subsistence practices required for frontier survival, while the photograph of a Native rider with children evokes the mobility and adaptation of Indigenous communities during a time of profound disruption caused by U.S. expansion across western lands. Twelve albumen photographs mounted on mats measuring approximately 11.5 x 14 inches. Minor cracking and foxing visible on several mounts with light toning on a few images; mounts remain firm and photographs retain clear detail. Overall condition very good.…