Amon Carter print details
A black-and-white photograph of a wigwam with three figures in the doorway.

Choctaw House

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    ca. 1885

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Platinum print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 4 5/16 x 3 13/16 in.
    Mount: 8 1/8 x 7 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount Recto:

    l.l. in graphite: Choctaw

    Mount Verso:

    u.l. to u.r. in graphite: Choctaw House- 1m east of Mandeville, noth shor L Pontchartrain, La-AL 1881 \ (An original stereotype with Cutout) Similar house, [illeg.] to belong to Alabama \ (nbr, with Choctaws were living in the vicinity) - seen S [illeg.] in 1885. South \ of Leconte, Rapids panel, west La.

    c.l. in graphite: Choctaw [underlined]

    c. in graphite: Neg 1102-a

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.2738

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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