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Chickasaw Governor Winchester Colbert

Studio photograph of Chickasaw Governor Winchester Colbert in a suit and top hat.
Date: June 1866
Creator: Bell Brothers
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

George Harkins, Choctaw Chief

Portrait photograph of Choctaw Chief George Washington Harkins.
Date: unknown
Creator: Bell, C. M.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chief Dennis W. Bushyhead

Dennis W. Bushyhead, principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. Photograph taken by the C.M. Bell Studio, Washington, D.C.
Date: unknown
Creator: C.M. Bell Studi
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chief George W. Harkins

George W. Harkin, principal chief of the Choctaw Nation.
Date: unknown
Creator: C.M. Bell Studio
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Osage Children

Hand-colored photograph of Osage children: Helen Grayhorse on the left, and John Blackbird Junior on the right.
Date: 1913
Creator: Dillon, Vincent
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Nall and an Eagle Which He Owned

Photograph of a man posing for a professional studio portrait with an eagle. Inscribed on the photograph is "Pen used to sign Enabling Act was made from a quill from this eagle's wing. Copyright applied for 1906. All Rights Reserved by Allen and Nall."
Date: unknown
Creator: Elijah Allen and L.B. Nall
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

The Run of 1893

Photograph of the first train leaving the line north of Orlando, for Perry in the Cherokee Strip.
Date: 1893~
Creator: Flower, W. A.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

2153.1

Photograph of the town cow, Sulphur, OK.
Date: ca. 1905
Creator: Frank C. Churchill
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

2206

Photograph of C. O. Frye, a Cherokee Indian
Date: unknown
Creator: Harmon Theodore Swearingen
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wichita Grass Huts

Photograph of a Wichita Wickiup dwelling, or "Wichita Indian Grass Huts." Another grass-covered structure is in the background.
Date: unknown
Creator: Irwin & Mankins
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

F.B. Severs Cash Store, Okmulgee, Indian Territory

Photograph of the F.B. Severs Cash Store, Okmulgee, I.T. Photo was taken by John K. Hillers on May 9, 1875. Frederick Ballard Severs was a prominent rancher and entrepreneur in Indian Territory. He was the first postmasters in Okmulgee. He helped develop Okmulgee and Muskogee by constructing many of the business buildings, and he built and assisted in organizing the First National Bank of Muskogee.
Date: May 9, 1875
Creator: John K. Hillers
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Dewey Hotel

Photograph of the porch or veranda of the Dewey Hotel, Indian Territory.
Date: unknown
Creator: Larrick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Oklahoma State Baptist College in Blackwell

Photograph of Oklahoma State Baptist College taken by Larrick of Blackwell, Oklahoma Territory in 1903.
Date: 1903~
Creator: Larrick
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Hell's Half Acre in Guthrie

Photograph of a street "scene on Hell's Half Acre" in Guthrie, Indian Territory. Photograph taken by Mitchell and Degroff on May 26, 1889.
Date: May 26, 1889
Creator: Mitchell and DeGroff
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Chickasha, Indian Territory

Photograph of street scene in Chickasha, Indian Territory. Handwriting on the photograph says, "South side of Chicksha Avenue Looking east from 3rd Street." Second floor offices in the bank include D.F. Warren, Dentist and Surgeon; and M.J Brownson, druggist. Horse-drawn vehicles and groups of men are on the dirt street in front of the brick buildings.
Date: 1907
Creator: Norvelle, George W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

H. B. Johnson's Riverside Stock Farm near Chickasha

Photograph of H.B. Johnson's Riverside Stock Farm, which was one-half mile east of Chickasha, Indian Territory.
Date: 1908
Creator: Norvelle, George W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Osage Indian Government School in Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory

Photograph montage of the Osage Indian Government School in Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory. The montage includes photographs of the school building, the girls' dormitory, the boys' dormitory and the agent's residence. The central photograph is described as a "view of U.S. Indian School, Pawhuska, O.T."
Date: 1902
Creator: Parsons, G. W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Osage War Dance at Pawhuska

Photograph by George W. Parsons of Osage War Dance in Pawhuska, Oklahoma Territory.
Date: unknown
Creator: Parsons, George W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Cherokee Strip Land Run, September 16, 1893

Photograph of the Land Run of the Cherokee Strip that opened settlement to the Cherokee Outlet on September 16, 1893. This photograph is titled "The Race," and was taken from atop scaffolding by an associate of photographer William S. Prettyman who was based in Arkansas City, Kansas.
Date: September 16, 1893
Creator: Prettyman, William S.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Pleasant Porter, Chief of the Creek Indian Nation

Photograph of Pleasant Porter, Chief of the Creek Indian Nation, by Robertson & Co., Muskogee, I.T.
Date: [..1907]
Creator: Robertson & Co.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Clay Callahan

Photograph of Clay Callahan. He was the grandson of Samuel Benton Callahan, Muskogee, Indian Territory.
Date: unknown
Creator: Robertson & Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Gabe Parker

Photograph of Gabe Parker. He was chairman of the committee appointed to oversee the design of the Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma.
Date: unknown
Creator: Robertson & Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Steamer on the Arkansas River

Photograph taken during daylight of the "City of Muskogee" steamer on the Arkansas River. A banner on the boat reads "Bound for Oklahoma: The Biggest and Oil and Gas Field in the World." Men stand on the shoreline in foreground.
Date: 1908
Creator: Robertson Studios
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Continental Grill

Photograph of the sign for Continental Grill, Wichita, KS.
Date: unknown
Creator: Rorabaugh & Millsap
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History