lot of 12, including two images of the Walla Walla: titled in negative Rosa Paul, Walla Walla Tribe/ Major Moorhouse showing a young mother carrying on her back a fully beaded cradleboard with a crying baby bundled inside, 8.5" x 6.5"; PLUS Rosa Paul and Husband, Walla Walla Tribe/ Maj. Moorhouse standing outside their tule mat tipi, 8" x 10". Also included are four photographs of Umatillas: titled in negative Susie Kop Lops, Umatilla Tribe/ Major Moorhouse showing a young woman in full dress holding a recurved bow and arrow, 8.5" x 6.5"; PLUS Wanico, Umatilla Tribe/ Maj. Moorhouse a man wearing a beaded hide shirt and a shell loop necklace, 10" x 8"; PLUS a snowy image of three men standing in front of a large tule mat tipi, blindstamped Lee Moorhouse/ Pendleton, OR, 4.75" x 7"; PLUS Peo, Chief of the Umatilla's/ Maj. Moorhouse showing Peo in full length war bonnet, tobacco bag hanging from his wrist, and he holds a tomahawk and a pipe with bowl placed incorrectly on stem, 10.75" x 7.5". PLUS one Cayuse woman Anna Kash Kash/ Moorhouse, 7" x 5"; PLUS Nez Perce Warrior/ Major Moorhouse showing a man in full feather war bonnet mounted on a house and looking across the river, 8" x 10"; PLUS a photograph of the Salish Chief Moses by Rutter, 7" x 5"; PLUS a portrait of a man in full war bonnet about to fire an arrow, 10" x 8"; PLUS Sac-A-Ja-We-A/ Maj. Moorhouse, 10" x 8"; AND a photograph of a Crow man, 11" x 7.75". THOMAS LEE MOORHOUSE (1850-1926) considered himself an amateur photographer, using both Eastman's "easy-to-use" camera and professional equipment and developing techniques to capture American Indian life in the Plateau region. Over a 28 year period, Moorhouse took over 9,000 images. Even though -- like many other photographers of the time -- he dressed his subjects to portray past heroics and regality they believed was to be lost with changing times, Moorhouse was able to take many pictures which showed the American Indian's true situation and hardships. Condition: Some creases along edges and corners of photographs, some torn corners, water stains on "Susie Kob Lops," light foxing on Umatilla winter scene.
lot of 12, including two images of the Walla Walla: titled in negative Rosa Paul, Walla Walla Tribe/ Major Moorhouse showing a young mother carrying on her back a fully beaded cradleboard with a crying baby bundled inside, 8.5" x 6.5"; PLUS Rosa Paul and Husband, Walla Walla Tribe/ Maj. Moorhouse standing outside their tule mat tipi, 8" x 10". Also included are four photographs of Umatillas: titled in negative Susie Kop Lops, Umatilla Tribe/ Major Moorhouse showing a young woman in full dress holding a recurved bow and arrow, 8.5" x 6.5"; PLUS Wanico, Umatilla Tribe/ Maj. Moorhouse a man wearing a beaded hide shirt and a shell loop necklace, 10" x 8"; PLUS a snowy image of three men standing in front of a large tule mat tipi, blindstamped Lee Moorhouse/ Pendleton, OR, 4.75" x 7"; PLUS Peo, Chief of the Umatilla's/ Maj. Moorhouse showing Peo in full length war bonnet, tobacco bag hanging from his wrist, and he holds a tomahawk and a pipe with bowl placed incorrectly on stem, 10.75" x 7.5". PLUS one Cayuse woman Anna Kash Kash/ Moorhouse, 7" x 5"; PLUS Nez Perce Warrior/ Major Moorhouse showing a man in full feather war bonnet mounted on a house and looking across the river, 8" x 10"; PLUS a photograph of the Salish Chief Moses by Rutter, 7" x 5"; PLUS a portrait of a man in full war bonnet about to fire an arrow, 10" x 8"; PLUS Sac-A-Ja-We-A/ Maj. Moorhouse, 10" x 8"; AND a photograph of a Crow man, 11" x 7.75". THOMAS LEE MOORHOUSE (1850-1926) considered himself an amateur photographer, using both Eastman's "easy-to-use" camera and professional equipment and developing techniques to capture American Indian life in the Plateau region. Over a 28 year period, Moorhouse took over 9,000 images. Even though -- like many other photographers of the time -- he dressed his subjects to portray past heroics and regality they believed was to be lost with changing times, Moorhouse was able to take many pictures which showed the American Indian's true situation and hardships. Condition: Some creases along edges and corners of photographs, some torn corners, water stains on "Susie Kob Lops," light foxing on Umatilla winter scene.
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