A black-and-white photograph of the entrance to what appears to be a fairgrounds or rodeogrounds. It has been identified as Major Moorhouse's Indian exhibit, exterior, at Round-Up, 1913. American flags are mounted at intervals along the roof line of the wooden building. Flags and bunting draped across the top partially obscure painted words including agricultural society. Painted lower down on the wall one can see [fa]ir and [Rode]o Sept. 13th 1913. There are also posters or newspapers affixed above the entranceway and to its right. A sign saying Main Entrance has been put up over the doorway, partially obscuring the other posters. To the left of the door other signs have been posted that read Major Moorehouse's World Famous Indian Exhibit. Admission 25 cents. Two men stand in the shadow of the building on the sidewalk in front of the open doorway, wearing suits, hats, and ties. One of them may be Major Lee Moorhouse. To their right is a utility or flag pole. About ten feet above them a line with pennants is extended along the sidewalk. To their left are seven shuttered ticket offices and another, closed, door. There are piles of litter or leaves in the street.
White Swan, chief of Yakimas [Standing studio portrait, with foliage backdrop, of tribal man with ermine tail sash. Signed Moorhouse but probably Rutter. Very dark image]
A Native American woman and child, identifed on the photograph as Tema and Walter Peo of the Umatilla Tribe, are standing on a blanket outside in a wooded area. The woman is wearing a headband, a necklace, a blanket draped around her shoulders, a blanket wrapped around her waist, and a belt. Her hair is tied in two braids. The boy is wearing a headband, a necklace, a shirt, and a belt. The boy is holding a pipe in his hands. A bag is lying on the ground on the blanket.
A collection of stone artifacts are displayed on shelves. The collection consists of mortars, pestles, anthropomorphic figurines, and zoomorphic figurines. A blanket is hung behind the shelves.
A group of tipis, identified as being on the Umatilla Reservation, are nestled within a grove of deciduous trees. The photo was taken on a bright, sunny day.
A Native American man, identified as a member of the Umatilla tribe, sits on a horse in front of a row of tipis and trees. The man wears a hat, leggings, and a shirt. An American flag flies over one of the tipis.
A Native American woman is seated inside on the floor. She is holding a pipe in each hand, wearing a feathered headdress, and has a blanket with geometric designs draped over her lap. Her hair is tied in two long braids. Various items, including swords, knives, cradleboards, moccassins, bags, hair ties, and a rifle, are hung on the wall behind the woman.
Black and white image of four Indian Chiefs in full dress at the 1912 Pendelton round-up. The four men are in the center of the rodeo arena with spectators around the edges.
Black and white image of the Umatilla Indian school. Female students are standing on the porch of the building dressed in their uniforms. One male teacher stands behind them.
Black and white image of the Umatilla Indian school, on the Umatilla reservation in 1903. The school boys and their teachers are standing outside of the building. A U.S. flag flies behind the students and next to the school building.
Black and white image of the students of the Umatilla Indian school on the Umatilla reservation. All students are wearing uniforms, with boys to one side and girls on the other. The school building is in the background.
Black and white image of a domestic science class at the Umatilla Indian School in 1906. Four students are sewing on sewing machines. Five other students are sewing by hand. One teacher is looking on.
Black and white image of a domestic science class at the Umatilla Indian School in 1906. Five Indian girls and two teachers stand behind two tables in a room. Two of the girls are slicing things and two of the girls are peeling things. The other girl is standing next to the teachers.
Black and white image of instruction in practical agriculture at the Umatilla Indian School in 1905. Nine Indian boys are working with hoes or wheelbarrows. A man stands in the doorway of the barn behind the boys. A wagon is to the side of the barn.
Black and white image of the students of the Umatilla Indian School in 1906. All of the students are wearing their uniforms. The boys stand on one side and the girls on the other. The smallest boy and girl stand together between the two groups. Several buildings and leafless trees are in the background.
Black and white image of men, women and children outside of the Presbyterian mission building on the Umatilla Indian reservation at Christmas of 1900. Everyone is wearing western clothing.
Black and white image of the Presbyterian mission at the Umatilla Indian reservation on Christmas in 1900. Four tipis surround two wooden structures. Men are visible in the background. Two of the tipis have wagons near them.
Black and white image of Nez Perce Indians in their war costumes. They are on horseback standing in a ring. Tipis are in the background. Image is blurred, due to movement at time of exposure.
Black and white image of teachers and pupils of the Warm Springs Indian school in 1901. Two teachers stand behind the pupils. With the school building in the background.
Black and white image of Indian Chiefs at the Umatilla Reservation on July 4, 1903. All are on horseback with one man on horseback out in front of all the others. Tipis are in the background.
Black and white image of an Indian school at Nespelem, Wash. 1903. The pupils, and teachers are standing outside of the building, the boys on one side and the girls on the other side. All of the children are wearing uniforms.
Black and white image of six people on horseback facing away from the camera. Each of the people have their heads covered with a blanket. One horse has two people on it. Tipis are in the background.
Black and white image of two Walla Walla Indian women on horseback, in costume on the Umatilla Indian reservation on July 4, 1903. Several tipis are in the background near the tree line.
Black and white image of a man identified as Chief Joseph on the Umatilla Reservation July 4, 1904. Chief Joseph is on horseback sitting on a Pendleton blanket. Tipis are in the background.
Black and white image of a man standing in a long log canoe, a woman is sitting in the rear. Each of the people is holding a paddle. The canoe is on the Columbia River with the rocky shore in the foreground.
Black and white image of Indians participating in the Roundup Parade in Pendleton, Oregon in 1916. The participants are passing under a banner reading Accomodation Headquarters. U.S. flags and bunting hang from the buildings. Spectators line each side of the street.
Black and white image of Cayuse Twins identified as 'A-Lom-Pum' and 'Tox-E-Lox'. Each twin is in a separate cradleboard that is propped up on the ground.