Method of Head-flattening and Adults with Skull Deformation.

“Method of Head-flattening and Adults with Skull Deformation.” [Flathead Indians] 

Clark Family Collection: Volume 2. Voorhis Journal No. 2, page 1, ca. January 30, 1806 

Missouri Historical Society (N26517)

Fairway Manufacturing Company’s dolls wearing Native American clothing

One interior view of dolls wearing Native American clothing and propped upright in two rows. The dolls were manufactured by the Fairway Manufacturing Company. 

The negative has sustained water damage and image loss.

  Missouri Historical Society (P0403-60040-01-4a).

Indian Guides

Two fathers with their children at a Christmas tree lot sponsored by “Indian Guides”. 

Missouri Historical Society Collections (P0204-00039).

The Season’s Best Wishes

Holiday postcard featuring a Yule log and holly, ca. 1914. 

Missouri Historical Society Collections (N39374).

St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 1898

Fine and early ledger card (15x15cm) with a mug shot of a man convicted for reasons that remain unclear to us, St. Louis Missouri USA 1898. The photograph attached (gelatin silver/fine) dates from october 1914, according handwritten information, mentioning four other crimes committed by the man in the time between as well. Flawless example of an early mug shot.


United States of America
1890 - 1920

Via: ICM Online Photo Catalog