Charles Vogt collection of Rinehart and Heyn photographs

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv471603429-2347-4683-abea-092b6c4d0e6e

Photographer

Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)

Muhr, Adolph F., -1913

Heyn & Matzen

Provenance

Gift of Mr. Charles Vogt to Museum of the American Indian, 1945.

Photographer

Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)

Muhr, Adolph F., -1913

Heyn & Matzen

Culture

Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)

Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)

Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)

Wichita

Chiricahua Apache

Summary

This collection contains 11 color lithographs based on original monograph portraits of American Indian delegates photographed by F.A. Rinehart, Adolph Muhr, Herman Heyn, and James Matzen, 1898-1899.

Biographical / Historical

The Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition World's Fair was held in Omaha, Nebraska from June 1 to October 1898. Over 500 Indian delegates from over thirty-five different tribes were present at the Fair. James Mooney (Bureau of Ethnology) and Captain William A. Mercer organized and managed the Indian Congress in conjunction with the Exposition. It included "living exhibitions," with mock Indian villages and demonstrations of dances, daily activities, and sham battles. The official photographer of the U.S. Indian Congress was Frank A. Rinehart (ca. 1862-1928) with his assistant Adolph F. Muhr (ca. 1858-1913). The Rinehart and Muhr photographs are considered one of the most comprehensive photo documentations of American Indian leaders at the turn of the century. After the Trans-Mississippi Exposition ended, the Greater America Exposition opened on the same fair grounds from July 1, 1899 to October 31, 1899. Herman Heyn and James Matzen won the contract to be the official photographer of the new Exposition. This Exposition featured many of the same buildings and set up as the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of the previous year.

Extent

11 Photographs

Date

1898-1899

Archival Repository

National Museum of the American Indian

Identifier

NMAI.AC.298

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles Vogt collection of Rinehart and Heyn photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.298; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement

Arranged by catalog number.

Processing Information

Collection processed by Emily Moazami, Supervisory Archivist, 2023.

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 6 color lithograph prints of original monochromatic photographs that were shot by Frank A. Rinehart (ca. 1862-1928) and/or his assistant Adolph F. Muhr (ca. 1858-1913) at the U.S. Indian Congress of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. The Exposition was held in Omaha, Nebraska, between June 1 and October 31, 1898. During the Congress, Rinehart and Muhr photographed more than 500 delegates and groups representing the estimated thirty-five tribes represented at the Exposition and is considered the largest gathering of American Indian leaders at the turn of the century. Another 5 colorized photographs in this collection are photographic portraits of American Indian leaders that were photographed by Herman Heyn and James Matzen at the Greater America Exposition in Omaha in 1899. Heyn copyrighted the photographs under his own name in 1899. The photographers assigned the photograph titles. Portraits in this collection include: P16902- Broken Arm [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)] -Photo by Rinehart/Muhr, 1898 P16903- Chief Red Cloud [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux) -Photo by Rinehart/Muhr, 1898 P16904- White Swan [Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke)] -Photo by Rinehart/Muhr, 1898 P16905- Stella Yellowshirt and child [Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)] -Photo by Heyn, 1899 P16906- Chief Painted Horse [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)]-Photo by Heyn, 1899 P16907- Ahahe and child (Wichita) -Photo by Rinehart/Muhr, 1898 P16908- Yellowshirt [Sicangu Lakota (Brulé Sioux)] -Photo by Heyn, 1899 P16909- Shot In The Eye [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)] -Photo by Heyn, 1899 P16910- Alice Lone Bear [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)] -Photo by Rinehart/Muhr, 1898 P16911- Hattie Tom (Chiricahua Apache) -Photo by Rinehart/Muhr, 1898 P16912- High Hawk [Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux)] -Photo by Heyn, 1899

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

NMAI holds a number of related photograph collections including NMAI.AC.118- U.S. Indian Congress of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition photograph album and NMAI.AC.119- Byron Harvey, III Collection of Exposition and Portrait photographs.

Record ID

ebl-1674763800683-1674763800755-0