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Title supplied by index of the DCPNAI, number 1022. Printed on photograph: "301. Shung-A-Pah-Wee." Second inventory number refers to the 1875 Series in Jackson's 1875 catalog. Possibly printed by Jackson.
American photographer, artist and explorer, William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) is known for his iconic Indian portraits and landscape photographs of the American West. After working for the Union Pacific Railroad and the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) throughout the 1870s, Jackson moved to Denver in 1879 and opened a commercial studio. There he continued to photograph the West, taking on many side projects photographing for hotels and railroad companies like the Mexican Central, New York Central, and the Baltimore & Ohio.