This is another very nice Native American portrait, of an Arapahoe woman called Freckled Face. We see in excellent detail the traditional dress she wears, covered with shells. She also has a necklace of beads and collar of white porcupine quills. She also wears another item around her neck that resembles a miniature version of the man’s breast-plate. We can also see her silver bracelet, rings and earrings. Her hair is arranged in the very traditional manner, parted at the center and braided, with the two braids brought forward over the shoulders, and finished at the ends with dangling ribbons.

This public domain image is attributed to Frank A Rinehart, but those of you who are following along with posts in this blog will remember that a couple weeks ago we showed you an image of Apache Chief Naiche which was taken by Adolph Muhr, but copyrighted by Rinehart. We have no way of knowing for sure if Rinhart took this image, or it was another that he purchased from some other photographer.

This image shows the typical Westerner, with his horse and rifle, returning from a successful hunt with a Pronghorn Antelope slung on back of the horse. The Pronghorn is not really an antelope, but is so-called from its behavior and appearance, which are antelope-like. It is the fastest land animal in North America, and second only to the Cheetah for that title worldwide. Unlike deer, it has horns (deer have antlers), and although the outer sheath is shed annually, the core remains.

The photograph, from about 1890, is attributed to Truman Ward Ingersoll (1862-1922), but Ingersoll was one of the major manufacturers of stereo views, so he probably purchased more views than he took himself. He started his business in 1883, and was still listed as a photographer in the 1910 census. Sometime in the 1910s he sold the stereo-view part of his business to Keystone View Company. Ingersoll died in June, 1922.

Here we have Mission San José de Tumacácori near Nogales, Arizona. The name translates as ‘The Mission of Saint Joseph of the Rocky Flat Place’. First established in 1691 at a nearby location, it was relocated at the present location about 1751 after an Indian uprising led to the destruction of the original mission. Today it is part of Tumacácori National Historical Park, and also designated a National Historic Landmark.

This public domain image was taken about 1872-73. The photographer was Carlo Gentile (also known as Charles Gentile). Born in Italy in 1835, Carlo came to Canada and later the United States. He was widely known as a Western landscape photographer, and also known for his portrait images of Native Americans. There is biography of this available available from Amazon.

This image shows a little boy standing next to a model of the Liberty Bell, while a sailor and some other people look on, and a background image of Uncle Sam looks out over the scene. In front of the boy we can barely make out ‘mile of nickels’ on the sign. While there were Liberty Loan rallies in various cities during World War I, only the Washington DC rally had a special children’s day where they were encouraged to help, using the slogan “A Mile of Nickels.” It was organized by the Woman’s Division of the Council of National Defense, and sought to help house and feed the huge number of clerks and government employees who converged on Washington to help administer the war effort. The city’s population swelled by 1/3 in just a few months.

This public domain photograph was taken in 1917 and is attributed to Harris & Ewing. These were George W Harris (1872-1964) and Martha Ewing. George W Harris took up photography as a teen, and at just 17 took photos of the Johnstown Flood that were converted to engraved illustrations and published in newspapers across the nation. Martha Ewing worked for studios in Washington, Oregon and California before joining up with Harris to open a studio in Washington DC in 1905. They took portraits of the presidents and had a news photo syndication business with dozens of employees, so it is entirely possible this photo was taken by one of their employees, rather than either of the principals.

This is a nice public domain image of Egyptian ruins. The site is sometimes spelled Medinet Habu. On the large version (just click on the image above to see the full sized version) you can see the shadowed wall is covered in hieroglyphs. This is part of one of the courtyards in the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III. Modern photos show the cracks have been filled-in and the rubble removed. There are six of of these images of Ramesses III along one wall of the courtyard, with a hallway running along behind them. Two of the statues are nearly gone, like the right one here, and two more have the upper half missing.

This photograph was taken by the famed English photographer, Francis Frith (1822-1898), in the late 1850s. Frith, a founding member of the Liverpool Photographic Society, married Mary Ann Rosling (sister of Alfred Rosling, the first treasurer of the Photographic Society). While his mid-Eastern views are well known and highly appreciated, it is the local U.K. photographs he took that brought him to fame. He set out to photograph every village and town in Britain, paying particular attention to notable or historic features. He started a company, ‘F. Frith & Co.’ in the 1860s that lasted over 100 years. They published most of his images as postcards, which helped to make those images, and Frith, widely known.