MS 049 - Plains Indians Stereographs Collection, 1893-1910 | McCracken Research Library

Eighteen hand-tinted stereograph cards and seven postcards depicting Native American Indians.  The stereographs date from c. 1898 – c. 1899, and some of them include a copyright statement by T. W. Ingersoll.  All the stereograph cards are similar in format, with a number and title printed on the front underneath the image and several paragraphs of text on the back.  The postcards (©1986) reproduce sepia photographs of Native Americans in Taos, New Mexico taken by B. G. Randall around 1905.  Most depict ceremonial dances, and some show pueblos in the background.

Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward) (1862-1922)
Randall, B. G.

Truman W. Ingersoll (1862 – 1922):

“Born in St. Paul, February 19, 1862; died, June 1922.  Active with a thriving business in landscape and commercial work in St. Paul, 1880-1900.  His studio was located on the site of the present (1922) public library.  Famous for his photographs of Theodore Roosevelt, 1870s.  He sold the very first Kodak (made by his friend, Mr. Eastman), early 1880s.  Moved to Buffalo, c. 1911.”

--Mautz, Carl. Biographies of Western Photographers: A Reference Guide to Photographers Working in the 19^th Century American West. Nevada City, CA: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997.