Parson Metanic
- Title
- Parson Metanic
- LC Subject
- Automobiles Dwellings Trees Hats Scarves Children Men Women Cayuse Indians Automobile driving Hudson automobile Automobiles, Convertible Euro-American clothing Motanic, Parson Motanic, Mary Motanic, Esther Motanic, Sarah Motanic, Art Motanic, Dan 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 Parson Motanic, Cayuse Indian, in Hudson automobile
- Photographer
- Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
- Description
- Two men, two women, three children and an infant sit in a Hudson convertible automobile on a rural street. There are three houses, and some trees in the background. The Men and women are wearing Euro-American clothing, both men wear hats, and the women wear shawls or headscarves.
- Tribal Notes
- An outside photograph of a family sitting in an automobile in front of a house. The family has been identified as the Parson Motanic family. Parson is the one behind the steering wheel. He is wearing a cowboy hat and 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 cowboy hat and a coat. In the back seat are three women, girl, boy and a baby. They are identified from left to right as Mary Motanic, Art Motanic, Ester Motanic, Sara Motanic, Dorothy Motanic, Dan Motanic. In the background sitting on the porch is an unidentified man. Writing on the photograph is "Parson Metanic" which spelled wrong and "Maj. Moorhouse" all of the writing is under the automobile and in between the tires of the right side.
- Tribal Classes
- Outside Photograph; People; Transportation; Housing;
- Tribal Terms
- Men; Shirt, Cloth; Hat; Coat; Women; Dress; Scarf; Automobile; Tree; House;
- Date
- 1915
- Identifier
- PH036_4233
- 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
- 6.85 X 4.99 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
- 856 pixels
- Image Height
- 634 pixels
- Image Resolution
- 125 dpi
- Color Space
- 8 bit -- Grayscale -- Gray Gamma 2.2