07 december 2016

Naked Indians at Nootka Sound

Image Source: Royal BC Museum
Title proper - "Naked Indians at Nootka Sound"; five nude males seated on blankets next to canoe; HMS Boxer anchored in background; stereograph; photographer no. 17 and 136.
Date(s) - 10 Sep 1874 (Creation)
Creator - Maynard, Richard, 1832-1907
Biographical history - Richard Maynard was a well known British Columbia photographer. He married photographer Hannah Hatherly. He died in Victoria in 1907 at the age of 75.

...the holds shot in it...

“The old forge used at Camp Cooper. Mr. J. C. Irwin calling attention to the holds shot in it by Buffalo Soldiers.”

Man by Forge, photograph, Date Unknown; (The Portal to Texas History: accessed December 6, 2016), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.

(Irwin, John Chadbourne)