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Artist:
Alexander Gardner, 17 Oct 1821 - 10 Dec 1882  Search this
Sitter:
Unidentified Native American Group  Search this
Medium:
Stereocard
Dimensions:
Image: 7.6 × 7.6cm (3 × 3") (each "half" of stereograph)
Image/Sheet: 7.6 × 15.2cm (3 × 6")
Mount: 8.3 × 17.8cm (3 1/4 × 7")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
1868-76
Exhibition Label:
As part of the treaty-making process, the Indian Peace Commission distributed gifts to the headmen of each tribe. In addition to items such as foodstuffs, ammunition, and cloth, the commissioners distributed surplus military uniforms, overcoats, and hats requisitioned at the end of the Civil War. Often misidentified as “Indian policemen,” the Native American men wearing uniforms in Alexander Gardner’s Laramie photographs are in fact the recipients of treaty gifts, including the unidentified Cheyenne man at the left wearing a U.S. Army mounted great coat.
Topic:
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: National Anthropological Archives
Object number:
EXH.AG.73
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
See more items in:
Catalog of American Portraits
Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4909ba28b-3aca-4c9b-8f08-63063d846fa4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_EXH.AG.73