Native American Photographs

Baptiste Taiaiake or Big John Rice

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Title

Baptiste Taiaiake or Big John Rice

Description

Albumen print. Image of a Baptiste Taiaiake, a Mohawk Native American man who helped ships navigate the Saint Lawrence River. He stands in a studio behind a ship's wheel, wearing a shirt and vest, and a watch on a chain.
"Notman & Sandham. Montreal."
"W. Notman Montreal, also at Toronto, Halifax & St. John, N.B."
Inscribed: "Indian pilot through the 'Thousand Islands' of the St. Lawrence."

Creator

Notman & Sandham, photographer

Source

Graphic Arts Photos Native American
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Date

1868

Citation

Notman & Sandham, photographer, “Baptiste Taiaiake or Big John Rice,” Native American Photographs, accessed November 30, 2023, https://www.americanantiquarian.org/nativeamericanphotographs/items/show/381.