Parson Motanic.
- Title
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Parson Motanic.
- LC Subject
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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
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PH036 / A82
- Repository
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University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
- Alternative
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Parson Motanic, Cayuse Indian, in Hudson automobile, 1915
- Photographer
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Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
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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
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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
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Outside Photograph; People; Head Dress; Euro-American Clothing; Transportation; Housing;
- Tribal Terms
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Men; Horned Headdress; Feathered Headdress; Bonnet; Shirt, Buckskin; Women; Dress; Scarf; Automobile; House; Tree;
- Date
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1897/1920
- Identifier
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PH036_4232
- Rights
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No Copyright - United States
- Local Collection Name
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Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
- Series Name
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Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Extent
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6.84 X 4.98 inches
- Set
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Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
Picturing the Cayuse, Walla Walla, and Umatilla Tribes
- Primary Set
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Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916
- Has Version
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Glass-plate negative
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Note
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Joint Project of the University of Oregon Libraries and the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
- Image Width
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855 pixels
- Image Height
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632 pixels
- Image Resolution
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125 dpi
- Color Space
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8 bit -- Grayscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2