The home of Mrs. Mount Pleasant in the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, New York State

The home of Mrs. Mount Pleasant in the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, New York State

The home of Mrs. Mount Pleasant in the Tuscarora Indian Reservation, New York State

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Introduction

Photograph of the home of Mrs. Mount Pleasant on the Tuscarora Reservation. Taken in 1888 by J. W. Sanborn, a pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Lockport, New York. Sanborn gave the photograph to the anthropologist Herman ten Kate in March 1889 who later donated it to the museum. Albumen print.

Nation of Maker: Hodenosaunee/Haudenosaunee Seneca Tuscarora
Nation of Origin

Museum Volkenkunde record

Place of Origin: Tuscarora Reservation
Date Made or Date Range: 1888
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum Volkenkunde, GRASAC generated

Materials

albumen print; cardboard

Techniques or Format

albumen print posted onto cardboard

Motifs and Patterns

Mrs. Mount Pleasants house on the Tuscarora Reservation

Dimensions: 10.1 × 14.4 × 0 cm
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Museum Volkenkunde record

Current Location: Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: A50-59
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Herman ten Kate
Collection Narratives and Histories

According to the museum record: "Photographed by J. W. Sanborn, Lockport, NY. Presented to Dr. H. ten Kate with compliments of J. W. Sanborn. March 1889." ten Kate later donated the photograph to the museum

GKS Reference Number: 26174
Approximate Place of Origin

43.1601, -78.9444

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