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Title from negative entry no. 528 in the index of the DCPNAI. Inventory number appears in image. Possibly taken by Jackson. Caption cut from Jackson's catalogue for entry 528 and pasted below photograph; additional manuscript caption reads: "Pawnee."
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.