Amon Carter print details

[View of Omaha blockhouse, Gillingham boarding school]

Object Details

  • Date

    1872

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Albumen silver print

  • Contributors

    Attributed to William Henry Jackson

  • Dimensions

    Image: 5 x 7 9/16 in.
    Mount: 5 15/16 x 8 1/2 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. in image: Omaha.12a

    Mount Verso [vertical]:

    u.c. printed on paper label: [in ink] 473. [printed] GROUPS OF SCHOOL- CHILDREN.

    u.c. to u.r. printed on paper label: View of the Omaha blockhouse, used for the \ other day school taught by T. L. Gillingham \ (Omaha agent after Dr. Painter). The block \ house was on a hill near the Agent's house. \ Not used for school purposes in 1878-80.

    c. in graphite: 864. \ Neg. No. 4036

  • Collection Name

    Bureau of American Ethnology Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1967.3265

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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