Michelle Delaney's Kasebier Book

[dickmill]

I have just spoken with Michelle Delaney of the Smithsonian about her book, "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Warriors: A Photographic History by Gertrude Kasebier."

She would be very grateful for assistance with photo mis-ID's and I've referred her to this site.

She is about to have an exhibition of the Kasebier photos and would like to make corrections to ID errors (and in future editions of the book itself.)

I mentioned two photos that seemed to be mis-identified. The photo below on page 101, identified as American Horse, is really his son Samuel (does everyone agree?)



And the following photo of "Spotted Tail" and family on page 54 isn't any Spotted Tail we know of. Michelle would be most grateful for ID help on this one.

[naiches2]

Another photo by Kasebier :
Iron White Man

[hako]

Yes, dickmill. The man on the upper photo is Samuel American Horse, not his brother Thomas (as it was labeled in other topic), not his father American Horse.


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[jeroen]

I think Käsebiers photographs stand out for clarity and sensitivity...
Here are some more portraits:

Whirling Horse


Amos Two Bulls:


Wife of Samuel American Horse:

[jinlian]

Hi Hako, Richard, anyone

about "Samuel" American Horse: the man in the Kasebier book is in fact a son of the famous Oglala chief and shirt-wearer. The name "Samuel" appears in the Kasebier photographs' labels and the only other reference to a a son of AH bearing that name is in C. Eastman.

Looking at this photograph of the AH family taken in 1906, it's evident that Thomas (standing second from left) and Samuel are the same person - in this same photograph we have also Thomas/Samuel's wife (second row, first from right) who was also photographed by Kasebier.



For further comparison, see these two other photographs of Thomas American Horse:





Williamson American Horse (T. American Horse's son), Thomas American Horse, American Horse

HTH

[hako]

Thanks for an explanation, jinlian! I was mistaken with ID for an years.