[Pawnee school children, elementary class]

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)

Date

ca. 1871
Object Type

Photographs
Medium

Albumen silver print
Dimensions

Image: 3 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.
Sheet: 5 x 7 1/2 in.
Mount: 5 15/16 x 8 3/8 in.
Inscriptions

Mount Recto:
l.l. in ink: 526
l.r. in ink: no. 52
Mount Verso:
c.r. [typed on paper label]: 525 -7. [crossed out] \ [in ink] 6 \ [typed] GROUPS OF INDIAN CHILDREN (attending the board- \ ing-school on the reservation). \ The first shows the younger children of the primary \ classes, and the two latter numbers the older and more \ advanced scholars.
c.r. in graphite: 354. \ neg. no. 1238 -b
Collection Name

Bureau of American Ethnology Collection
Credit Line

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

P1967.3033
Copyright

Public domain

We the People: Picturing American Identity

June 15–September 8, 2013

This exhibition focuses on the fluidity of national identity through the creations of American artists, particularly in key moments in history when the definition of a singular American identity was challenged and ultimately reshaped.

Location: Off view

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