Charles Milton Bell portrait of Crow delegation in Washington, DC
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 81-44
name: label: Creator
content: Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
label: Names
content: Keller, A. R. (Augustus R.)
label: Names
content: Plenty Coups, 1848-1932
label: Names
content: Pretty Eagle (Crow Indian chief)
label: Names
content: Quivey, A. M.
label: Names
content: Two Belly (Crow Indian chief)
creator: label: Creator
content: Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893
culture: label: Culture
content: Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Charles Milton Bell (circa 1849-1893) was the youngest member of a family of photographers that operated a studio in Washington, DC, from around 1860-1874. Charles Milton Bell established his own studio on Pennsylvania Avenue in 1873 and it rapidly became one of the leading photography studios in the city. Bell developed the patronage of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, who sent Native American visitors to the studio to have their portraits made. Bell also made photographs of Native Americans for the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of American Ethnology.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (albumen)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1880
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Probably donated by Tiffany Jones, 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.81-44
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Studio portrait of a Crow delegation and government officials in Washington, DC, in 1880. Depicted individuals include: Old Crow; Medicine Crow; Long Elk; Plenty Coups; Pretty Eagle; Two Belly; A. M. Quivey , Interpreter; Augustus R. Keller, Agent; Thomas Stewart, Interpreter.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Bell photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo lot 80, Photo lot 81-56, Photo Lot 24, Photo lot 87-2P, Photo lot 25, Photo Lot 80-18, Photo Lot 80-23, Photo Lot 90-1, and the BAE historical negatives.