, Ethnography-Indian Field Days, (Yosemite Series Description)
Latitude: 37.8399200439453, Longitude: -119.540397644043
Organization: US National Park Service
Address: Yosemite National Park Archives, PO Box 700-W, El Portal, CA 95318
Email: yose_archives@nps.gov
Native American Announcer
Old Stage Coach
Old Stage Coach
San Francisco Presidio Band
Judging Native American baskets; Man in sweater, Carl P. Russell. ODB + MJL 1988
Native American War Dance; "622 Lloyd Photo; Tribal dances of the Yosemite Indians are vigorous with the participants strenuously swaying their bodies to the weird chant of the drummer. From James V. Lloyd, Information Ranger, Yosemite National Park, Calif
Costumed Native American on horse. Chris Brown aka "Chief Lemee"
War Dance. [Date okay, CDB + MJL 1988].
Showing baskets. Man in white cap is James Schwabacher & Forrest Townsley is next to him. Walter Starr Sr. on Schwabacher's left. Front Row L-R: Tina Charlie, Carrie Bethel, Alice Tom James Wilson, Leanna Tom & Maggie Howard.
Showing baskets. Mary Wilson
Early day crooner
The Queen - "White Fawn"
Children and mothers
Message to headquarters; Harry Tom
Learning new ways. Lloyd; Alice Wilson? see RL-12,719
Dance Finale
Band on parade
First Prize 1929; Christ Brown (right) and Wes Wilson (left)
Herbert E. Wilson and Native American
The white man came too.
Mounted and double mounted.
A basketfull [Delia Dondero Hery].
Showing handcraft. Alice James center, Maggie Howard right. [L-R: Tina Charlie, Carrie Bethel, Alice Wilson, Forest Townsley, Leanna Tom, Maggie Howard].
A prize ?
Horseback tug-o-war.
YOSE RL_04430
["First prize" Baby Contest - August 9 and 10, 1920]. Copy Neg: L. Radanovich, October 1996.
YOSE RL_04434
Leena Brown and Herbet Earl Wilson. [Not Yet 1-29-85 (premature stamp) MV].
The Queen - "White Fawn" [Hazel Hogan at 1929 Yosemite Indian Field Days, standing next to an announcement car supplied for the event by Standard Oil, September 1929].
Mothers and children.
YOSE RL_12918
Early Field days.
Yosemite Parade. Herbert Earl Wilson, far left. Copied by M. Dixon - July 1981.
Front: Maggie "Tabuce" Howard, Mary Wilson, Leanna Tom, Alice James Wilson (L to R) Back: Forrest Townsley, other unidentified.
Alice Wilson in buckskin dress with back to camera. James Schwabacher wearing cap and holding large basket by Tina Charlie.
Field Days Yosemite Valley. [Leanna Tom's baskets, Lucy Telles' baskets, Mary Wilson's baskets, Tina Charlie's baskets, Carrie Bethel's baskets and probably Nellie Charlie's baskets identified.]
Field Days Yosemite Valley. Supt. Lewis and Chief Ranger Forrest Townsley poised with baskets woven by Lucy Telles. [Little boy is Carl Lewis, son of Supt. W.B. Lewis.]
Chief Townsley's daughter, Miss Hazel Townsley & Miss Bertha Dolbow looking over items to be shown at Yosemite's annual Field Days. August 3-4, 1923. Hazel on the left is holding a basket made by Lucy Telles. Copied by Michael Dixon, October 26, 1982.
Field Days celebration copied from the originals of Dick Schaffer of Merced. Copied by Ralph H. Anderson, May 1952.
Edna Foster second from the left at Field Days.
Carl Russell on left and Leanna Tom (Agnes Castro's mother) on the right. 2nd best single basket, 2nd prize - $35.00. Photo in YNP Collection, Cat. #28,028.
Gov. Richardson with Lucy Telles, Carrie Bethel & Tina Charlie.
Chris Brown and Supt. W. B. Lewis. Copy Neg: Michael Dixon, 1982.
Gov. Richardson of California next to Lucy Telles at 1926 Indian Field Days, Yosemite Valley. Others unidentified.
Copy Neg: 1985 by M. Dixon. Indian Field Days. L-R: Chris Brown and 3 unidentified people. Pants on man 2nd from right in Mariposa Historical Society Collection.
Copy Neg: 1985 by M. Dixon. Indian Field Days.