ITEMS

Shoshone Woman with Baby

Dublin Core

Title

Shoshone Woman with Baby

Subject

Shoshone Indians

Cabinet photographs

West (U.S.)--Pictorial works

Motherhood

Mother and child

Portrait photography

Indians of North America--Clothing

Description

Cabinet card image of an unidentified Shoshoni woman standing with a baby in a baby cradle strapped to her back. Image taken in the Baker and Johnston studio in Evanston, Wyoming in the 1880s. Original caption is, "Shoshone Squaw carrying pappose."

Creator

Johnston, Eli (photographer)

Baker, Charles S. (photographer)

Source

Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives, Baker and Johnson Photograph Collection (P0474, photo no. 1-01-18)

Publisher

Digital Initiatives Unit, Merrill-Cazier Library (Publisher – digital)

Date

1881-1882

Rights

Reproduction for publication, exhibition, web display or commercial use is only permissible with the consent of the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections & Archives (email: SCWeb@usu.edu)