Photographs of Plains Indians [graphic].

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Description

Title: Photographs of Plains Indians [graphic].
Published / Created: n.d., ca. 1910.
Abstract: Unidentified snapshot photographs of Plains Indian men, women and children, including views of the erection and interior of a tipi, men on horseback in procession holding American flags, and women and children in clothing decorated with elk teeth, some on horseback with umbrellas, others in front of tipis. Two photographs have captions identifying the subjects as "Mrs. High Medicine Rock of Big Horn" and "Lucy Turns Back's little girl."
Description: Manuscript captions on verso of two prints. Envelope from the United States Department of the Interior Indian Field Service accompanies the photographs.
Provenance: Purchased from Leonard Kauffman on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1987.
Extent: 13 photographic prints : 10.8 x 6.5 cm. or smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: WA Photos 57
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Genre: Pictorial works
Snapshots
Photographic prints
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Great Plains.
Subject (Topic): Indians of North America
Tipis
Parades
Subjects: Indians of North America > Great Plains
Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Tipis > Pictorial works
Parades > Pictorial works

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