W.G. Fowler photograph collection

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Summary: This collection includes four albumen prints made by David F. Barry from 1876-1887 among the Apsáalooke and Hunkpapa Lakota communities in North Dakota and Montana.

Biographical / Historical: David Frances Barry (1854-1934) was a photographer who is most noted for his photographs of famous Native American leaders at the end of the 19th century. Growing up in Columbus, Wisconsin, Barry was hired by photographer Orlando Scott Goff, with whom he eventually partnered. From 1878 to 1883, Barry traversed Dakota Territory and Montana making many of his most widely known photographs of Native American leaders, such as Sitting Bull, Rain in the Face, and Chief Gall, as well as photographing forts and battlefields, military officers, and other people in the region. In 1883, Barry opened a new studio in Bismarck, where he began photographing members of Cody's Wild West Show. In 1890, Barry returned to Wisconsin where he operated a successful gallery in the city of Superior until his death in 1934.

Type: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Albumen prints; Copy negatives

Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); W.G. Fowler photograph collection, image #, NMAI.AC.178; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Processing Information: Collection processed by Mattie Lewis, Archives Technician in 2025.

Rights: Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.

Scope and Contents: This collection contains four albumen prints and two copy negatives of photographs taken by David F. Barry of Native American leaders Chief Gall (Pizi), Rain in the Face, and Curley. Image numbers P06647-P06650. Negative numbers N35955 and N35956.

Restrictions: Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Related Materials: More photographs by David F. Barry can be found in NMAI.AC.334

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