C. S. Fly photograph of Geronimo
Object Details
- Local Call Number(s)
- NAA Photo Lot 81-15
- Reproduction Note
- Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1980.
- Creator
- Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901
- Names
- Geronimo, 1829-1909
- Addl. KW Subj
- Apache
- Creator
- Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901
- Culture
- Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
- Chiricahua Apache
- Biographical/Historical note
- Camillus Sidney Fly (1849-1901) was a photographer and owner of Fly's Photography Gallery in Tombstone, Arizona. In March 1886, he accompanied General George Crook to photograph negotiations with Geronimo in Canyon de Los Embudos.
- Extent
- 1 Copy print
- 1 Copy negative
- Date
- 1886
- Custodial History note
- Copy negative donated by Mildred Tucker, 1980. The negative had been made by her husband, a photographer who also took copy jobs.
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.PhotoLot.81-15
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Copy prints
- Copy negatives
- Photographs
- Citation
- Photo lot 81-15, C. S. Fly photograph of Geronimo, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Rights
- Contact the repository for terms of use.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Scope and Contents note
- Copy of photograph depicting Geronimo holding rifle, made during negotiations for Geronimo's surrender to federal authorities, March 25-27, 1886.
- Restrictions
- The collection is open for research. Access to the collection requires an appointment.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Original C. S. Fly prints depicting Geronimo at these negotations, including an original of this copied image, can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 87-2P and Photo Lot 24.
- The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds Camillus S. Fly photographs and negatives from 1886.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503513357824-1503513357826-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
