Charles Nesbitt, Margôt Nesbitt, and Emil W. Lenders Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: WHC-P-1407

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Black and white original prints of the employees and performances of the Pawnee Bill and the 101 Wild West Shows. The collection includes scenes of cowboy and cowgirl performers, as well as those of Indian performers from the Pawnee, Sac and Fox, Potawatomi, Osage, Crow, Sioux, Blackfoot, Comanche, Ponca, Cheyenne, Arapaho and Kickapoo tribes.

Dates

1900-1925

Restrictions on Access

Open for public research.

Extent

3268 items (3268 items)

Language of Materials

Subjects

American bison Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Apache Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Arapaho Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Arapaho Indians -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Arapaho beadwork Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
Cheyenne Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Comanche Indians -- Arms and armor Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Comanche Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Comanche beadwork Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cowboys Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Cowgirls Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Crow Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Crow Indians -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Eaton, Frank, 1860-
Fox Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Geronimo, 1829-1909
Horses Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indian armor -- North America Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indian beadwork Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Kickapoo Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Lenders, Emil W.
Miller, George L. (George Lewis), -1929
Miller, Joe C. (Joseph Carson), -1927
Miller, Zack, 1878-1952
Mix, Tom, 1880-1940
Osage Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pawnee Bill, 1860-1942
Pawnee Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pawnee Indians -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Pickett, Bill, approximately 1860-1932
Ponca Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Potawatomi Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Ranches -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sauk Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Sihasapa Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Stagecoaches Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Wagons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Wild west shows Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings