American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Each 9.75 x 7.75 in. silver gelatin photographs (occasional very light impressions). Each stamped "From Haynes Picture Shops, Yellowstone Park, Wyoming." One image has an information sheet affixed to verso with provenance and biographical information. Two titled by ink inscription to verso.

Custer Scout Helps Open Gateway to Yellowstone. (With typed sheet to verso). -- Margaret Tobacco and Husband. -- Old Chief of the Crow Indians. White-Man-Runs-Him. -- Untitled outdoor portrait of White Man Runs Him (Mahr-Itah-Thee-Dah-ka-Roosh) outside a tipi. -- Untitled outdoor image of the Crow camp.

The images were taken at the opening celebration of the 1927 season of Yellowstone National Park at Cody Gateway. The ceremony was attended by a group of Crow including White-Man-Runs-Him who, according to the informational sheet, addressed the audience in Crow which was interpreted by Max Big-Man. White-Man-Runs-Him was the last surviving of the four Indian Scouts attached to General Custer's command at the Battle of Little Big Horn.

[With:] Deerskin beaded breakaway necktie.  Tie approx. 1 1/2 x 12 in., neck 16 1/4 in. deerskin with beads and snap closure (lightly soiled, loss of some beadwork). 

Provenance: Herbert F. McLaury, by descent (typed label notes "These pictures are being sent to you with the compliments of Mr. H.F. McLaury," grandfather to the consignor. Per the consignor, the tie was a gift to McLaury from the Crow.) Mr. and Mrs. McLaury spent time with the Crow Indian Tribe and were made honorary tribe members. He was very involved with negotiations in the west with Indian tribes for railroad right-of-ways for the Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He eventually became advertising director for the Association of American Railroads in Washington DC.