Copy of photograph depicting Geronimo holding rifle, made during negotiations for Geronimo's surrender to federal authorities, March 25-27, 1886.
Biographical/Historical note:
Camillus Sidney Fly (1849-1901) was a photographer and owner of Fly's Photography Gallery in Tombstone, Arizona. In March 1886, he accompanied General George Crook to photograph negotiations with Geronimo in Canyon de Los Embudos.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 81-15
Reproduction Note:
Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1980.
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Original C. S. Fly prints depicting Geronimo at these negotations, including an original of this copied image, can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 87-2P and Photo Lot 24.
The National Museum of the American Indian Archives holds Camillus S. Fly photographs and negatives from 1886.
Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Photographs
Citation:
Photo lot 81-15, C. S. Fly photograph of Geronimo, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
