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[Gillingham's boarding school, Omaha]

Object Details

  • Date

    1872

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Contributors

    Attributed to William Henry Jackson

  • Dimensions

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

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.r. in negative: Omaha. 12.

    Mount Verso:

    u.c. [typed on paper label]: 472 GROUPS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN.

    u.c. [typed on paper label]: View at one of the school houses built after \ 1869 (taken about 1872)-This was one of \ the day schools, taught by Mrs. Gillingham, \ who stands at the door with her husband. \ Agent Painter (father-in-law to W.H.Jackson, \ the photographer) sits by the window. \ J. Owen Dorsey visited this school in \ Oct. 1872, while Mrs. Gillingham was in charge. \ This building is still in use up to 1880.

    c. in graphite: 863. \ neg no. 4036

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.3264

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view

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