Hoh-ho-i-yo, Splendid Deer also called Samuel Jimson or Jimerson

Alexander Gardner (1821-1882)

Date

before 1877
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 7 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.
Mount: 8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.c. in image: Seneca.3.
Mount Verso:
u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: 1046. HOH-HO-I-YO. Splendid Doer. \ Samuel Jimson, as he is ordinarily known, is one of \ a family of thirty-one children, and was born on the \ Alleghany reservation in 1837. Is a descendant of \ Mary Jimson, a white captive among the Senecas, \ whose descendans now number 111. Is a farmer, but \ also a fine orator, and of more than ordinary ability. \ Has been a councillor for eleven terms in succession. \ Height, 6.1; head, 23; chest, 43.
u.c. in graphite: 392. \ Neg. No. 908
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

P1967.2894
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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