Antonio Zeno Shindler photographs of Native Americans and agents
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 31
name: label: Photographer?
content: Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899
label: Names
content: Gill, De Lancey, 1859-1940
creator: label: Photographer?
content: Shindler, A. Zeno (Antonio Zeno), 1823-1899
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Antonio Zeno Shindler (1823-1899) was a photographer and artist for the Smithsonian Institution and benefactor of William Blackmore during the second half of the 20th century.  Though the facts of his young life are highly speculative, he was probably born Antonio (or Antonion) Zeno in Bulgaria or Romania.  He adopted the name Shindler from a patron in Geneva, Switzerland, with whom he moved to and lived with in Paris, where he studied art.  While it is uncertain exactly when Shindler first arrived in the United States, he is listed in an 1852 directory for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as working as a drawing instructor.  From then until 1863, he exhibited his artwork in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  In 1867, Shindler moved with his family and his brother-in-law's family to Washington, DC. In Washington, Shindler took propriotorship of the Addis Photographic Gallery, where he worked under the name Shindler and Company with his brother-in-law.  Shindler was commissioned by English philanthropist William Henry Blackmore and the Smithsonian to make copies of Blackmore's collection of photographs, create a catalog for their exhibition, and photograph delegations of Native Americans visiting Washington.  The Blackmore project was completed circa 1872 and Shindler continued to work for the Smithsonian as an artist until his death in July 1899.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 22 Negatives (photographic) (glass)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1867-1871
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.31
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Negatives (photographic)
label: Type
content: Glass negatives
label: Type
content: Photographs
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies note
content: Digital surrogates are available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Glass negatives
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The collection consists of studio portraits of men, probably Native Americans and Indian agents. The photographs were probably made by Antonio Zeno Shindler, and may relate to those commissioned by William Henry Blackmore.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Shindler and Gill negatives are available in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.