In 1884, Alex Ross (1851-1894) moved from Winnipeg to Calgary, Alberta, where he opened a photographic studio. He is best remembered for his portraits of First Nations people, such as the Tsuu T’ina (then known as Sarcee) and the Blackfoot.
![First Nations man, Alberta. Date: [ca. 1886-1890]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153276871_1c6096695f_o.jpg)
First Nations man, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1886-1890]
First Nations man and his wife.
Date: 1886
![Three young Blackfoot men, Calgary, Alberta. Date: [ca. 1887]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153276493_ea0b947d12_b.jpg)
Three young Blackfoot men, Calgary, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1887]
Bobtail, Cree chief, Alberta.
Date: 1886
![Blackfoot man. Date: [ca. 1885-1894]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153275973_932def4144_o.jpg)
Blackfoot man.
Date: [ca. 1885-1894]
Blackfoot man, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1887]
![Blackfoot boys. Date: [ca. 1886-1894]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153762016_d33f5cfd15_b.jpg)
Blackfoot boys.
Date: [ca. 1886-1894]
Blackfoot women.
Date: [ca. late 1880s]
![Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) woman, Katie, and baby, Calgary, Alberta. Date: [ca. 1887]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153213913_77be2331f1_o-568x1024.jpg)
Sarcee (Tsuu T’ina) woman, Katie, and baby, Calgary, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1887]
![Blackfoot woman and child. Date: [ca. late 1880s]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153761088_33ddf2ace7_o.jpg)
Blackfoot woman and child.
Date: [ca. late 1880s]
![Three young Blackfoot men. Date: [ca. 1887]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153760786_ce6d1caf9e_o-595x1024.jpg)
Three young Blackfoot men.
Date: [ca. 1887]
Two Sarcee (Tsuu T’ina) girls.
Date: [ca. 1887]
![Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) people moving camp on outskirts of Calgary, Alberta. Date: [ca. 1887]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153760044_120ac2125f_o.jpg)
: Sarcee (Tsuu T’ina) people moving camp on outskirts of Calgary, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1887]
Sarcee (Tsuu T’ina) man.
Date: [ca. 1887]
![Blackfoot warrior with sword. Date: [ca. 1887]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153211839_d3bb76aa9a_o-643x1024.jpg)
Blackfoot warrior with sword.
Date: [ca. 1887]
!["Joseph", Blackfoot man. Date: [ca. 1887]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153758814_7401698ca4_b-597x1024.jpg)
“Joseph”, Blackfoot man.
Date: [ca. 1887]
![Rabbit Carrier, Blackfoot. Date: [ca. 1887-1889]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153542770_c8aa60f08a_b.jpg)
Rabbit Carrier, Blackfoot.
Date: [ca. 1887-1889]
![Blackfoot man. Date: [ca. 1886-1889]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153542344_422cd2267b_b.jpg)
Blackfoot man.
Date: [ca. 1886-1889]

Crowfoot, Blackfoot Chief.
Date: 1887
![Chief Owl, Blackfoot. Date: [ca. 1886]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6152997275_4d55a85a47_b.jpg)
Chief Owl, Blackfoot.
Date: [ca. 1886]
![Sarcee (Tsuu T'ina) tipis, west of Calgary, Alberta. Date: [ca. 1886-1889]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153541610_465c36e9f0_b.jpg)
Sarcee (Tsuu T’ina) tipis, west of Calgary, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1886-1889]
![Two of the first pupils at the Blackfoot Anglican School. Date: [ca. 1886]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6152996639_05810cf2fe_b.jpg)
Two of the first pupils at the Blackfoot Anglican School.
Date: [ca. 1886]
![Rabbit Carrier, Blackfoot. Date: [ca. 1886-1894]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6153541064_8171fa6b0c_b.jpg)
Rabbit Carrier, Blackfoot.
Date: [ca. 1886-1894]
![First Nations camp near first Hudson's Bay Company store at Fort Calgary, Alberta. Date: [ca. 1886]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6152996143_d1759c495a_b.jpg)
First Nations camp near first Hudson’s Bay Company store at Fort Calgary, Alberta.
Date: [ca. 1886]
![Blackfoot women with baby on her back. Date: [ca. 1886]](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/6152995789_f2e88bb003_b.jpg)
Blackfoot women with baby on her back.
Date: [ca. 1886]

Crowfoot, Head Chief of the Blackfoot.
Date: 1887
Via: Glenbow Archives