A slightly faded sepia-toned photograph of a group of Indigenous adults and children and one White child standing in front of a camp.

The Captive White Boy - Santiago McKinn

Camillus S. Fly (1849-1901)

Date

1886
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 4 11/16 x 8 in.
Mount: 5 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.
Inscriptions

Mount, recto:
u.c. in ink: Scene in Geronimo's Camp
l.c. in ink: The Captive White boy - Santiago McKinn.
Mount, verso [vertical]:
c. printed on white label: SCENE IN GERONIMO'S CAMP, \ The Apache Outlaw and \ Murderer. \ Taken before the surrender to Gen. Crook, March 27, \ 1866, in the Sierra Madre mountains of Mexico, \ Escaped March 30. 1886. \ No. 170 --- The Captive White Boy, \ Santiago McKinn. \ The requirements of law having been complied with, \ all persons are warned not to copy this photograph. \ Address all orders to C.S. Fly, Portrait and Land- \ scape Photographer, Tombstone, Arizona.
Collection Name

Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection
Credit Line

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

P1976.14.20
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

Part of: Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

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