Croft, Thomas, 1849-1909
Person
Biography
Thomas F. Croft moved to Arkansas City from Illinois in 1885. In 1894 he likely took the famous photograph of the Land Run Opening the Cherokee Strip for settlement while working for a photographer named Prettyman. In 1896 he took the first known image of a tornado in action during a visit to Oklahoma City. He regularly traveled to Indian Territory to shoot images of Native Americans, such as the one we are examining. Later on in his career he moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Territory.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
No-Pa-Wy, Kaw Indian Bark House , Undated
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 000023279575], item: 5
Identifier: 2016-007-5
Scope and Contents
A cabinet card depicting two people standing in front of a bark house. "5" and "Hoyt" written on back in ink. Croft imprint on front.
Dates:
Other: Undated
No-Pa-Wy, Kaw Indian Bark House, Undated
Digital Image
Identifier: 2016-007-5.jpg
Dates:
1900; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.digitzed: 2018-08-24
Filtered By
- Subject: Kaw Indians. X
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- Archival Object 1
- Digital Record 1