Andrew Alexander Forbes Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: WHC-P-1658
Scope and Contents
Black and white original prints and glass plate negatives, taken by Andrew Alexander Forbes. Includes scenes of the range cattle industry in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory, sodhouses, railroad construction, the United States Army, buffalo, andalso of Sac and Fox and Cheyenne Indians.
Dates
- 1880-1900
Creator
- Forbes, Andrew Alexander, 1862-1921 (Person)
Restrictions on Access
Open for public research.
Extent
129 items (129 items)
Language of Materials
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of James McLaren Forbes.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photographs: Source of acquisition--Forbes, James McLaren. Method of acquisition--gift; Date of acquisition--1950.
- American bison Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cattle -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cattle -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheyenne Indians -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheyenne Indians -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cotton -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cotton -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cowboys -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cowboys -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Freight and freightage -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Glass plate negatives Subject Source: Ftamc
- Horses -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Horses -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Land settlement -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma -- History -- Land Rush, 1889 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oklahoma City (Okla.) Subject Source: Naf
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroad stations -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Rolling stock Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranch life -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranch life -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranches -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ranches -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma -- Clothing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma -- Dwellings Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma -- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sauk Indians Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sawmills -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School children -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- School children -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schools -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sod houses -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Sod houses -- Texas Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Surveyors -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Telegraph -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Texas -- Description and travel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army -- : Equipment.
- United States. Army. Infantry
- Wagons Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Contact:
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu