Chief Joseph and unidentified man

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Glass-plate negative of unidentified man in Western clothing and Chief Joseph, wearing traditional Native American dress, in studio setting. This is noted as copyright F.T. Cummins 1903; in 1903 Joseph appeared in Colonel Fredrick T. Cummins' "Indian Congress," effectively a Wild West show, in New York's Madison Square Garden. If this dates from that show, then the image was probably promotional in nature and copyrighted by FT Cummins but not taken by him. More, the man in the picture bears a strong resemblance to the few easily accessible pictures of FT Cummins, and may be Cummins himself. Joseph would die one year later, in 1904.http://cdm16866.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/nezp/id/58

People: 
Chief Joseph, Colonel Fredrick T. Cummins
Community: 
Washington State University, Manuscripts Archives and Special Collections, Nimíipuu [Nez Perce]
Protocol: 
Washington State University, Manuscripts Archives and Special Collections Public Access, Nimíipuu [Nez Perce] Public Access
Category: 
Lifeways
Keywords: 
portaits, men, suits (clothing), tribal chiefs
Original Date Description: 
1903
Original Date: 
2019 May 29th
Rights: 
For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691.
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Source: 
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries. Nez Perce Photographs, ca. 1877-1905: http://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc83.htm
Publisher: 
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Identifier: 
8wsumasc0062
Type: 
Glass negatives
Format: 
JPEG