Oct. 27th, 1907, Colonel B.F. Shaw locating the battle of the Grande Round, fought with [...] July 17th, 1856.

Title
Oct. 27th, 1907, Colonel B.F. Shaw locating the battle of the Grande Round, fought with [...] July 17th, 1856.
LC Subject
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.) Suits (Clothing) Dogs Landscapes Men Rocks Battlefields Grande Ronde, Battle of the, Or., 1856 Cairns Historic sites Shaw, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1829 or 1830-1908 outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID
PH036 / A82
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative
Colonel BF Shaw, 1907 Colonel B.F. Shaw and party locating site of Battle of the Grande Ronde, fought July 1856.
Photographer
Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description
An elderly white man, identified as B.F. Shaw, poses in a grassy field next to a cairn, or pile of rocks. He is dressed in a three-piece woolen suit, white shirt, and knee-length overcoat. He holds a cane in his right hand and a dog rests behind him.
Tribal Notes
An outside photograph of a man in a suit (Colonel B.F. Shaw?) standing next to a rock cairn in an open field. The rock cairn is the location of the Battle of Grande Ronde, July of 1856. The rock cairn is about two feet in height and about one and a half feet wide.
Tribal Classes
Outside Photograph; Native American War; Historic Site; Person; Animal;
Tribal Terms
Man; Suit; Cane; Dog; Rock; Battle of Grande Ronde;
Location
Grande Ronde River Basin >> Wallowa County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1907-10-27
Identifier
PH036_2140
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
5.08 X 7.03 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
635 pixels
Image Height
632 pixels
Image Resolution
125 dpi
Color Space
8 bit -- Greyscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2