[Indians]

Albumen photograph, titled in the negative, verso with address "Photo by Boorne & May, LTD., Calgary, Alberta. Catalogues of Canadian views on application", ca. 1900, 17x23.5cm.

Strongly bleached, with folds and a small tear. Iconic photograph of Indians, the women in this Indian family are depicted in front of their tipi, one sitting with a small child, the older next to an older child and their dog, who is used as a pack animal for gathering wood. On the website of the Provincial Archives of Alberta the photograph is attributed to Ernest Brown and dated ca. 1891-1904, with the technique listed as Gelatin Dry Plate Negative. The photograph is also published (coloured) as postcard.