Major Moorhouse On the Umatilla Reservation

Title: Major Moorhouse On the Umatilla Reservation
LC Subject: Men Euro-American clothing European Americans Tipis Tree stumps Trees Canvas Shrubs outdoor photographs Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: PH036_1442 Lee Moorhouse on the Umatilla Reservation
Tribal Title: Major Moorhouse On the Umatilla Reservation
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: An outside photograph of a European-American man, identified as Major Moorhouse. The man is standing in front of a tipi made of canvas and tule mats. He is attired in European-American clothing and has his hands behind his back. There are deciduous trees to the left of the man, surrounding the open area, and continuing around the back of the tipi. Behind the trees, to the right of the man, is another tipi. There is a decomposing tree trunk in the left foreground, and brush mixed in with the trees all around. [Moorhouse stands by tule tipi in brushy camp]
Condition Of Source: surface contamination; scratching
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a man standing in front of a tipi, the top is made of canvas and the bottom is tule mats. It is in front of trees and some brushes, the back of the tipi is in the brush. In the background in the right side in the trees and brushes is another tipi, looks like it is made out of canvas. The photograph is some writing on it ""Major Moorhouse On the Umatilla Reservation""
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph Person Housing
Tribal Terms: Man Coat, Cloth Hat Pants Tipi Canvas Tule Mat Poles Trees Grass
Location: Umatilla Indian Reservation >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date: 1900/1910
Identifier: PH036_1442
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Box Number: 55
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916 Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
Primary Set: Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Has Version: Glass-plate negative
Institution: University of Oregon
Note: Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Image Resolution: 125 dpi