Name/Title
Harding, Benjamin, Robidoux's Agent to Indians Portrait Photo, c. 1880Entry/Object ID
P1995.1H.87Description
Harding, Benjamin, Robidoux's Agent to Indians Portrait Photo, c. 1880. sepia. Carte de visit size photo of older man , balding with full grey beard & mustache., wearing darkish 3-piece suite with string bow tie. (see 95.1H.41 for Harding's daughter, Clara Jordan)
Harding was an agent for Joseph Robidoux, supplying goods to the tribes about the area. His letters to Robidoux regarding this activity are found in Museum Graphic.
See Museum Graphic, Fall, 1950, Vol. II, No. 4, pf. 10.
Handwritten on back: "Benjamin Harding" W.J. Rea's Grand Central Gallery, Cor. Fourth & Edmond Streets, St. Joseph, MO."
Original digital scan located on History CD 02Made/Created
Studio
Rea's Central GalleryDate made
1880Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
St. Joseph Photographers, Rea's Central Gallery, Robidoux Indian Agent, Native AmericanDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 2 ½" x 4"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Benjamin Harding