lot of three J.N. Choate photographs, with the photographer's Carlisle, PA backmark, including the following images with manuscript captions on verso: a studio portrait of White Man Apache Chief / Stumbling Bear Kiowa Chief / Kiowa Comanche & Wichita Agcy. Mo. Ty. / Number 16, the sitters' names also written below image on recto; a studio portrait of an American Indian Cook & Daughter / No 31; and Slate written by an Indian Student after 8 months study / Carlisle Barracks / n 37, which is an image of a slate that includes words, sentences, arithmetic problems, and an illustration produced by an American Indian student at the first major government boarding school created to transform and educate the Indians. The school was established at an abandoned military barracks in Carlisle, PA, under the direction of Richard Henry Pratt, a military man. Students were transformed with haircuts and clothing changes, and classes were taught in English. Pratt had Choate take photographs such as this as well as portraits of before and after Indian children who attended the government school in an attempt to document his success. Provenance: The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Condition: All images slightly bent; scattered soiling to images.
lot of three J.N. Choate photographs, with the photographer's Carlisle, PA backmark, including the following images with manuscript captions on verso: a studio portrait of White Man Apache Chief / Stumbling Bear Kiowa Chief / Kiowa Comanche & Wichita Agcy. Mo. Ty. / Number 16, the sitters' names also written below image on recto; a studio portrait of an American Indian Cook & Daughter / No 31; and Slate written by an Indian Student after 8 months study / Carlisle Barracks / n 37, which is an image of a slate that includes words, sentences, arithmetic problems, and an illustration produced by an American Indian student at the first major government boarding school created to transform and educate the Indians. The school was established at an abandoned military barracks in Carlisle, PA, under the direction of Richard Henry Pratt, a military man. Students were transformed with haircuts and clothing changes, and classes were taught in English. Pratt had Choate take photographs such as this as well as portraits of before and after Indian children who attended the government school in an attempt to document his success. Provenance: The Thomas Minckler Collection of Western Americana Condition: All images slightly bent; scattered soiling to images.
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