Shoshone or Snake Chief

Shoshone or Snake Chief

Photograph

Charles W. Carter

Maker
American, b. England, 1832–1918

Shoshone or Snake Chief

From Carter's Celebrated Indian Stereoscopic Views


ca. 1870
Albumen silver print
Image (each): 3 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (7.8 × 8 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 × 6 15/16 in. (8.9 × 17.7 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1951
1981.6650.0003
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, LC: CARTERS CELEBRATED
Inscribed in pencil in Boyer's hand on mount on recto, TRC: note Castle in Background.
Printed on mount on recto, BR: SHOSHONE OR SNAKE CHIEF.
Printed on mount on recto, RC: INDIAN STEREOS.
Inscribed in pencil in Boyer's hand on verso, TR: Dr Test [?] \ Carter \ Stereos \ Valuable \ Boyer
Printed on verso, C: C.W. CARTER \ PORTRAIT and \ VIEW \ Artist. \ SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Inscribed in ink on verso, BLC: 297
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