George P. Belden, White Indian Chief

George P. Belden, White Indian Chief

Photograph

William Henry Jackson

Maker
American, 1843–1942

George P. Belden, White Indian Chief

ca. 1868
Albumen silver print
14.1 x 9.8 cm.
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, 1948
1974.0014.0001
Inscriptions mount recto-(in ink): Belden, White Indian Chief / over.

mount verso-(printed): Wm. H. Jackson, Photographer, 228 Farnham St.,
Omaha, Neb.

(applied typescript caption): The Beldon [sic] photograph is of the Indian Chief of that name. He was not an Indian but certainly looks it; he was a white man, an officer in the Army, who became disgusted with civilized life and spent his life with the Indians. Gen. Brisbin wrote his interesting life and used as his frontispiece the Jackson photo you have bought. (ink); Letter from Wright Howes [?]

verso (stamp): Eastman Historical Photographic Collection / 34

verso (pencil): B: Jackson
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