Four photographs of indigenous subjects, likely members of the Yakama tribe, taken near Ellensburg, Washington circa 1900. The photographer, Otto Pautzke, moved to Ellensburg in 1896 and photographed the area...
Four photographs of indigenous subjects, likely members of the Yakama tribe, taken near Ellensburg, Washington circa 1900. The photographer, Otto Pautzke, moved to Ellensburg in 1896 and photographed the area and its residents somewhat prolifically, operating a studio in downtown Ellensburg. One of these photographs, of a man holding a stick, is identified in the Central Washington University collections as being of a subject named Toby, who “who resided with his wife Nancy where Komola Hall is presently situated on the Central Washingon University campus in Ellensburg.” The Washington Rural Heritage site lists Toby as being a member of the Muckleshoot tribe. Another photograph shows Toby with a woman, possibly the aforementioned Nancy, who was possibly a member of the Yakama tribe, per the Washington Rural Heritage site, which records a different photograph of the pair. There is a third photograph of the same woman posed alone, and a fourth showing two unidentified subjects.