Photographic Study Collection
Spanning the history of photography, this collection brings together examples of ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, tintypes, cased photographs, stereographs, photographic postcards, silver gelatin prints, and more. The topics covered in the collection primarily focus on the general history of the American West.
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- Battle of Flowers Parade, San Antonio, 1927
- The words "Friendship, Charity, Benevolence" are printed on float- a combination associated with the Knights of Pythias
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- Bear Chief and His Hudson Bay Coat
- Thomas Benjamin Magee was born May 30, 1862 in East Douglas, Worcester County, Massachusetts. From 1888 to 1896, Thomas worked at the general store of Joseph Hirshberg & Company in Robare, MT and was also in charge of Joseph Kipp’s trader’s store on the Blackfeet Indian agency. Thomas and his brother George took an interest in chronicling local events and photographing the area’s inhabitants and landscapes. In the early 1900s, Thomas, Julia (Grant, his wife) and their five sons (Thomas, George, Walter, Henry and Dewey) moved to a ranch in the area now known as Glacier National Park [U.S.]. This would prove to be an ideal location for him to pursue his interest in photography. Park landscapes and the local Blackfeet tribal members became the major focus of his work. Thomas and his wife Julia became good friends with Walter McClintock, author of The Old North Trail (1910). Mr. McClintock would often come to visit and stay with the Magee family. During these visits, Julia shared her extensive knowledge of native plants which included their names in the Blackfeet language, their uses and related botanical information. McClintock recorded all of this information and referenced it in his book. Julia was acknowledged using her Blackfeet name, Menaki Berry Woman.
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- Bear hunters of the North West--Big Game.
- Published by Underwood & Underwood
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- Bearded man holding a lever action rifle
- Image of a confident, rugged, bearded man posed standing with his lever action rifle. Given the state of his clothing one can only assume he is a working man, perhaps a buffalo skinner or something similar. From the Emory A. Cantey Western Collection.
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- Bearded man wearing jaguar-skin chaps
- Image features a bearded man posed standing wearing jaguar-skin chaps. His coat, vest and hat lying on a stool by his side. From the Emory A. Cantey Western Collection.
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- Bearded, long-haired man wearing beaded & fringed buckskin jacket
- Unidentified dandy wears heavily beaded and fringed buckskin jacket, fringed buckskin pants, and beaded moccasins. He poses with his lever action rifle. From the Emory A. Cantey Western Collection.
