Lee Moorhouse (1850-1926) photographs, 1888-1916

No place like home, Umatilla Reservation

Title
No place like home, Umatilla Reservation
LC Subject
Indians of North America Clothing and dress Camps Indian children Firewood Mother and child Scarves Shawls Tipis Trees Horses Umatilla Indian Reservation (Or.) outdoor photographs
Local Collection ID
PH036 / A82
Repository
University of Oregon. Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives
Alternative
Camps on Umatilla Indian Reservation
Photographer
Moorhouse, Thomas Leander, 1850-1926
Description
A Natvie-American woman and child sitting next to a tipi. Both wear scarves and shawls. There is a stack of firewood on the other side of tipi along with an upturned basket or pan. In the background, there are trees and an unidentified structure.
Condition Of Source
flaking;;
Tribal Notes
An outside photograph of a woman and a child sitting on the side of a Tule mat tipi. The woman and the child are unidentified and they are sitting on the ground. The woman has her head down can not see her face. She is wearing a scarf over her head and wing dress. The child is wearing a dress. The Tule mat tipi is five layers high and has six poles on the outside of the tipi to hold down the mats. There is a rope in the middle of the outside poles to hold them down. The door is made of a cloth material which is in the middle of the photograph. In the background is some kind of shelter that has some unidentified objects under the shelter. The far background is a row of Cottonwood trees. Writing on the photograph is under the door of the tipi "No place like home Umatilla Reservation Maj. Moorhouse."
Tribal Classes
Outside Photograph; People; Regalia; Euro-American Clothing; Housing;
Tribal Terms
Woman; Wing Dress; Scarf; Child; Dress; Tipi; Tule Mat; Poles; Shelter; Tree;
Location
Umatilla Indian Reservation >> Umatilla County >> Oregon >> United States
Date
1897/1920
Identifier
PH036_5889
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Local Collection Name
Moorhouse (Major Lee) Photographs
Series Name
Series I: Glass Plate Negatives
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
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
703 pixels
Image Height
875 pixels
Image Resolution
125 dpi
Color Space
24 bit - RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1