Arthur Earl Patton photograph album relating to the Flathead Indian Reservation and surrounding areas

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Object Details

Scope and Contents note

Photographs made and collected by Arthur Earl Patton documenting life on and near the Flathead Indian Reservation. They include images of Salish people, cowboys, storefronts and buildings, carriages and wagons, automobiles, railroads, a river boat, and scenic views. Locations include Ravalli, Polson, and St. Ignatius in Montana, as well as Mandan, North Dakota. The collection includes some postcards by Thiri's Aerial View Service (T.A.V.S.), L. G. Bigelow, C.C. Slack & Co., and Charles E. Morris Co.

sova.naa.photolot.91-25

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw308267662-a251-4fb7-a5a5-bd383da0174c

Local Call Number(s)

NAA Photo Lot 91-25, USNM ACC 387053

Collector

Patton, Arthur Earl

Photographer

C. C. Slack & Co.

Thiri's Aerial View Service

Bigelow, Lou Goodale

Names

Morris, Charles E. (photographer)

Addl. KW Subj

Flathead

Place

Mandan (N.D.)

Montana

Flathead Indian Reservation (Mont.)

Collector

Patton, Arthur Earl

Culture

Indians of North America -- Plateau

Northwest Coast

Biographical/Historical note

Arthur Earl Patton lived on the southern edge of the Flathead Indian Reservation near Arlee, Montana. He moved there about 1911 and stayed five years, obtaining 160 acres of land in accordance with the Homestead Act of 1862.

Extent

5 Postcards (color halftone, halftone, and collotype)

71 Prints (circa, silver gelatin (prints, mostly on postcard paper))

Date

circa 1910-1912

Custodial History note

Donated by Ralph K. Patton, Arthur Earl Patton's son, with Flathead artifacts to the National Museum of Natural History in 1990 (accession 387053). Photograph album transferred to the National Anthropological Archives in 1991.

Archival Repository

National Anthropological Archives

Identifier

NAA.PhotoLot.91-25

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Postcards

Prints

Citation

Photo Lot 91-25, Arthur Earl Patton photograph album relating to the Flathead Indian Reservation and surrounding areas, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Rights

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Restrictions

The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.

Location of Other Archival Materials

Flathead artifacts, including a buckskin shirt, buckskin gauntlets, a beaded leather belt, and a buckskin money belt, which were donated with the album can be found in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 387053.

Additional Charles E. Morris photographs held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 25 and Photo Lot 59.

An additional Thiri's Aerial view Service photograph held in the National Anthropological Archives in the BAE historical negatives.

NAA.PhotoLot.91-25

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw308267662-a251-4fb7-a5a5-bd383da0174c

NAA.PhotoLot.91-25

NAA

Record ID

ebl-1503512473232-1503512473236-0