Joseph Henry Sharp Photograph Album (WHC 1995.26)
In 1901, Joseph Henry Sharp, the famous artist, had a cabin studio built at the Little Bighorn Battlefield. Under direction of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Indian Commission, Sharp painted several American Indians living in the region. This photo album holds 74 black-and-white images, taken between 1901 and 1909, of Sharp’s travels and Crow, Northern Cheyenne, and Blackfeet tribal members that would be depicted in some of Sharp’s paintings. In 1909, Sharp left Montana for Taos, New Mexico. In 2025, the Western Heritage Center will feature an exhibit about the photo album and work of Joseph Henry Sharp.
