Smith-Hassell Co.
Studio Portrait of "Broncho Bill" , 1893
Hand-colored printing-out-paper print
8 x 10 inches
With photographer's credit and title in the negative.
With photographer's credit and title in the negative.
A portrait taken by the Smith-Hassell Company in Denver, Colorado, of an indigenous subject, likely Ute. It is likely that the name “Broncho Bill,” written into the negative, is fictitious....
A portrait taken by the Smith-Hassell Company in Denver, Colorado, of an indigenous subject, likely Ute. It is likely that the name “Broncho Bill,” written into the negative, is fictitious. We find no other record of this image but another image taken by the company and close in sequence to this one shows three identified Southern Ute chiefs, including Chief Supiah, and is also taken in 1899, and the tribe’s location in Colorado make it likely that this Denver-based firm traveled to photograph the Southern Ute people.