Baker and Johnston photographs of Shoshoni and Arapaho people
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 87-12
name: label: Creator
content: Baker and Johnston
label: Collector
content: Hanks, Jane Richardson, 1908-
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Shoshone
creator: label: Creator
content: Baker and Johnston
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
label: Culture
content: Shoshone
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Basin
label: Culture
content: Inunaina (Arapaho)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Charles S. Baker and Eli Johnston operated the Baker and Johnston photographic studio out of Evanston, Wyoming, circa 1880s. The studio was known for its landscape and portrait photography, particularly images of Shoshone, Arapaho, and Apache people.

Jane Richardson Hanks (1908-2014) was an anthropologist who studied the Kiowa and Blackfoot Indians and the people of Thailand.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Cabinet photographs (albumen; mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1880-1900
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Sent to Herman J. Viola, possibly by Jane Richardson Hanks, in May 1986.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.87-12
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Cabinet photographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Studio portraits
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Studio portraits
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Cabinet photographs, largely portraits, made by Baker and Johnston photographic studio. They may be part of a photographic series focusing on Shoshoni, Arapaho, and Apache people. Images include studio portraits of Black Coal, an Arapaho; Washakie, a Shoshoni chief; Sharpnose, an Arapaho; two Arapaho boys with bows and arrows; and Mollie, an Arapho woman posed with a baby in a carrier.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs by Baker and Johnston can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4423, MS 4458, MS 4502, MS 4875, Photo Lot 24, and the BAE historical negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The University of Wyoming American Heritage Center holds the Baker and Johnston collection of original glass plate negatives.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Utah State University Special Collections and Archives also holds Baker and Johnston photographs.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: An interview with Jane Richardson Hanks can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 2009-15.