An outside photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop draped over a wall. He has been identified as Five Crows, and is dressed in regalia. His hair is unbound with a single feather showing in the back. There is a small hoop earring visible in his right ear. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which are a choker, loop necklace, and hairbone bandoleer. Over both shirtsleeves are wide metal armbands. In his right hand he is holding a knife, and in his left hand he is holding a pipe bowl. Hanging from his left arm is a leather belt with a knife scabbard attached. He has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his waist.
An interior photograph of an older Native American man posing in front of a cloth or canvas backdrop. The photographer has identified the man as Som-Kin. He is wearing a flat-brimmed cowboy hat held in place with a braided string or cord tied under his chin. His hair is unbound. He is dressed in a cloth shirt, over which is a cloth or wool vest, a buckskin coat, with a scarf around his neck. The buckskin coat is fringed around the shoulders, end of sleeves, collar edge and coat seams. On the left side of the vest is a badge with the title, "US Indian Police." Attached to a vest button below the badge is a pocket watch chain.
A canal, identified as the Hinkle irrigation canal near Pendleton, Oregon, is flowing through the middle of a flat, open plain of sagebrush. There is a man standing on the edge of the right bank. He is dressed is a long, cloth coat, cloth pants, and a hat.
A Native American man, identified as Chief Red Hawk of the Cayuse Tribe, is seated in front of a solid colored blanket that is suspended like a backdrop. The man is wearing a cloth shirt and has a Pendleton blanket wrapped around his body from the chest down. He has long hair, some of which is tied in a scarf that drapes over his shoulder. He is wearing a beaded choker and beaded bracelets. In his lap, one hand is holding a bow and two arrows and a pipe with a long, flat, wooden handle. His other hand is holding up a war club, which is adorned with feathers. A cowboy hat with a braided or twisted scarf hat band is hung on the backdrop. The image appears to be an outside photograph, as there is some vegetation visible in the bottom corners., Chief Red Hawk, Cayuse Tribe [George Red Hawk, Cayuse man, in Moorhouse yard/studio. He is wrapped in a blanket and holds a stone tomahawk, pipe, bow and arrows.]
An outside photograph of three Native American women and a Native American boy. The women are all wearing Native regalia; the young boy is dressed in Euro-American clothing. All four are standing on Pendleton blankets or shawls; there are other blankets and shawls hanging behind them. A bag with geometric design and leather-tooled belt can be seen on the left of the photograph. In the foreground are several bags and miscellaneous blankets. In the far background are numerous trees. All three women are wearing wool dresses, have their hair in braids, hands crossed, and are wearing necklaces and circular earrings. The two women closest to the boy are wearing chokers. Each has a contrasting shirt--with shirtsleeves that extend beyond the dress sleeves--under her dress. The two women farthest from the boy have dentallia shell designs on their dress bodices; the third woman has elk teeth stitched to her dress bodice. The boy is attired in Euro-American shirt, knickers, stockings and boots., Cayuse Tribe [Josephine You-mo-its, Cayuse woman, with two daughters and son. [Boy in European clothing; women wear decorated cloth dresses. Blankets, nags and baskets on display.]
This photograph of a Native American man identified as "John Liberty, Umatilla tribe", is set up as if it were a studio portrait, with a dark blanket hanging down behind him as a backdrop. However, over the top of the blanket can be seen treetops and sky. The seated man wears a feathered headdress with ermine and ribbons hanging down the left side over his bare chest to his waist. A geometrically patterned blanket covers his lap from his waist to where the portrait ends at his knees. His right hand grasps a pipe, which is decorated with ribbons. A decorated strip of some material or leather also seems to hang from the pipe; it has pictographs or geometric designs beaded or painted on. The man's dark hair appears to be cut short; most is hiddent beneath the headdress., John Liberty, Umatilla Tribe [Umatilla man, in eagle feather head-dress, with pipe, in Moorhouse yard.]
Two Native American men dressed in regalia pose with weapons in front of a collection of Native American clothing and artifacts identified as belonging to Major Lee Moorhouse. The men wear feathered headdresses, arm bands, breechcloths, breastplates, and moccasins. One wields a tomahawk and the other draws a bow. They stand on blankets.
An interior photograph of a young woman dressed in Native American regailia posing in front of an unadorned blanket backdrop. Her hair is unbound and she is wearing either a choker or short necklace around her neck. She has a wide metal armband on her right arm. She is wearing a beaded buckskin dress with fringe on the neckline, sleeve ends, seams, and possibly hemline. There are decorative beads attached to the fringe. She is wearing a beaded leather belt and has multiple bracelets on both wrists.
An interior photograph of a man, identified as Lee Moorhouse, standing and holding a sheaf of barley that is taller than the man. He is attired in European-American clothing with vest, trousers, and pocket watch chain., Umatilla County barley. [Lee Moorhouse poses holding sheaf of barley. Image signed by Moorhouse but attributed to Wheeler by Grafe.]
A Native American man, identified as Francis Lincoln of the Cayuse Tribe, is sitting in front of a tipi, dressed in full regalia. He is wearing a headdress with feathers, cloth pants made from a blanket, and a plaid, fringed breechcloth. He has beaded moccasins, leather straps with bells wrapped around his calves and ankles, and fur arm bands with feathers and tassles. He has a beaded belt around his waist and a fur bandoleer with beaded decorations. He is wearing a beaded choker and his hair is tied into two long plaits. He is holding a stick or rod covered with fur and adorned with feathers. His chair and the ground around it are covered by two Pendleton blankets. There are a couple of objects placed on the blankets near his feet. The tipi fills up most of the background in this image.