Native American Photographs

Black Beaver, also known as Suck-tum-mah-kway

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Title

Black Beaver, also known as Suck-tum-mah-kway

Description

Cabinet sized albumen print. Included in W.H. Jackson's Descriptive catalogue of photographs of North American Indians, Department of the Interior, U.S.G.S., Washington, D.C., 1877, no. 181. "Black Beaver."
Written in pencil on verso: 181.
Oval bust-length portrait of Black Beaver, a Delaware trapper and guide, who aided the Union Army during the Civil War. He wears a dark colored suit and patterned shirt.

Creator

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942

Source

Graphic Arts Photos Native American
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Date

unknown

Citation

Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, “Black Beaver, also known as Suck-tum-mah-kway,” Native American Photographs, accessed July 6, 2024, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/nativeamericanphotographs/items/show/252.