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 3/16 in. (7.8 × 8.1 cm)
Mount: 3 1/2 × 6 15/16 in. (8.9 × 17.7 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer, 1951
1981.6650.0002
Inscriptions Printed on mount on recto, LC: CARTERS CELEBRATED
Printed on mount on recto, BR: SHOSHONE OR SNAKE CHIEF. and Family [inscribed in ink]
Printed on mount on recto, RC: INDIAN STEREOS.
Printed on verso, C: C.W. CARTER \ PORTRAIT and \ VIEW \ Artist. \ SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.
Inscribed in ink on verso, BLC: 319
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