HEYN STUDIOS, BROKEN ARM, OGLLALA SIOUX, 1899 vintage platinum print, 8 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches, title, date, number, artist studio in negative, numbered 340. Condition: Excellent. HEY-0007

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HERMAN HEYN

Herman Heyn (1866-1949) was an important portrait photographer in Omaha, Nebraska, from the 1880s through the 1920s. He is known for creating more than 500 images of Native Americans, mostly Sioux, between 1898 and 1899. He worked under various studio names including Heyn Studio with his father, George Heyn (1856-1892), who emigrated from Germany to Detroit, and later moved to Omaha. Herman Heyn also worked under the studio name Heyn & Matzen which included himself, possibly George, and James Matsen (Matzen). Herman Heyn apparently operated as Lumiere Studio in the early 1900s.

Heyn photographed Native Americans at the U.S. Indian Congress of the Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition. The Exposition was held in Omaha, Nebraska, between June 1 and October 31, 1898. More than 500 delegates and groups representing the estimated thirty-five tribes convened at the Exposition, and it is considered the largest gathering of American Indian leaders at the turn of the 20th century. It included "living exhibitions," with mock Indian villages and demonstrations of dances, daily activities, and sham battles. After the Trans-Mississippi Exposition ended, the Greater America Exposition opened on the same fair grounds from July 1, 1899 to October 31, 1899. Herman Heyn and James Matzen won the contract to be the official photographer of the new Exposition. This Exposition featured many of the same buildings and set up as the Trans-Mississippi Exposition of the previous year.

Herman Heyn’s photographs are in the Library of Congress, and highly sought after by collectors. Heyn operated as Lumiere Studio in the early 1900s. His images of William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan are preserved in the Library of Congress and Minnesota Historical Society, respectively.

Excellent

10 x 8 in