Parson Motanic.

Title: Parson Motanic.
LC Subject: Indians of North America Cayuse Indians Automobiles Clothing and dress Headdresses Shirt, Buckskin Headdress, Horned Scarves Women Men Children Automobile driving Hudson automobile Automobiles, Convertible Motanic, Parson Motanic, Esther Motanic, Mary Motanic, Dorothy Motanic, Sarah Motanic, Art outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID: PH036 / A82
Repository: University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative: Parson Motanic, Cayuse Indian, in Hudson automobile, 1915
Photographer: Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description: Seven Indians, including Parson Motanic, another man, three women, a child and a baby, ride in a Hudson Automobile down a street in town. Parson Motanic and the other man wear buckskin shirts and headdresses, one of which is horned. The women wear head scarves.
Tribal Notes: An outside photograph of a family sitting in an automobile. They have been identified as the Parson Motanic family. Parson is the one behind the steering wheel. He his wearing an Eagle feather Bonnet, with a buckskin shirt. The young boy sitting in the passenger seat has been identified as the salesman son from one of the family members. He is wearing a Horned Headdress and a buckskin shirt also. In the back seat are three women and one girl. Starting from left to right are Mary Motanic, Esther Motanic, Dorothy Motanic, Sarah Motanic and the baby is Art Motanic, which he was moving as the photo was taken. The photographer was on the front right side of the automobile. In the background are a number of houses on both sides of the street. Writing on the photograph is "Parson Motanic" which is written behind the automobile, and "Maj. Moorhouse" which is written in front of the back right tire.
Tribal Classes: Outside Photograph; People; Head Dress; Euro-American Clothing; Transportation; Housing;
Tribal Terms: Men; Horned Headdress; Feathered Headdress; Bonnet; Shirt, Buckskin; Women; Dress; Scarf; Automobile; House; Tree;
Date: 1897/1920
Identifier: PH036_4232
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name: Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name: Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Extent: 6.84 X 4.98 inches
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 Width: 855 pixels
Image Height: 632 pixels
Image Resolution: 125 dpi
Color Space: 8 bit -- Grayscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2