Playing Indians

Title

Playing Indians

Description

Black and white photograph of a group of women and children in a grassy field with trees behind them. The older children have wrapped blankets around their shoulders, and the boys have feathers in their hats and hold guns. Three girls wear skirts and have their heads covered; two or three small children play in the foreground. One girl kneels with a hatchet, looking at a tree.
[Back] [pen] Playing Indians. Nancy Ennis Johnson & children. Martha Ennis Landess ' ' ' '. L to rt stdg: Nancy Johnson; Arthur Landess; Claude Johnson; Martha Landess; Kezia Ingram. Lower: Adrian Johnson; Ethel Johnson; Josie Landess; Victor & Virgil Landess twins; Bertha Landess. Nancy and Martha Ennis were daughters of R. K. Ennis and his wife, Eathalinda Ingram Ennis, dau of William Ingram, Pioneers of 1852. Kezia Ingram - daur of Samuel P. Ingram, son of William Ingram & wife Mary Wheeler Ingram. Nancy Ennis - Mother of Ethel Johnson Moore.

Date Created

circa 1900

Subject

Family recreation
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Photography of children
Johnson, Nancy Ennis
Landess, Martha
Landess, Arthur
Johnson, Claude
Ingram, Kezia
Johnson, Adrian
Johnson, Ethel
Landess, Josie
Landess Victor
Landess, Virgil
Landess, Bertha
Cultural Studies
Local & State History
Social History
Sociology
Native American Studies

Place

Washington County, Oregon

Medium

copy prints

Language

English

Identifier

WCMpic_000738

Rights

Online access to this image is for research and educational purposes only. To inquire about permissions, order a reproduction, or for more information, please contact the Five Oaks Museum at Research@FiveOaksMuseum.org.
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Source

Robert L. Benson Research Library, Five Oaks Museum

Type

Still Image

Collection