Wolf Chief / O. S. Goff, Bismarck, Dakota

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Title: Wolf Chief / O. S. Goff, Bismarck, Dakota
Creator: Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917, photographer.
Published/Created: Bismarck, Dakota : O. S. Goff, [1878?]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 8.5 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Notes: Three-quarters length portrait of Wolf Chief seated outdoors before buffalo hide wearing mixture of western and traditional clothing including wool blanket, bead and elk teeth necklace, shell disc earrings and hair wraps of otter fur and wool trade cloth. Likely taken at Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.; Title derived from inscribed image caption on verso.; Stamp on verso: O. S. Goff, Bismarck, Dakota.; "Wolf Chief" variant personal names: Henry Wolf Chief.; "Hidatsa Indians" variant names: Hiraacá Indians, Minitaree Indians, Minnetaree Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Fort Berthold Indian Reservation (N.D.); Hidatsa Indians.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Siouan Indians.; United States.--Office of Indian Affairs.--Fort Berthold Agency.; Wolf Chief,--approximately 1849-1933--Portraits.; Hides & skins--1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880.; Fort Berthold Reservation (N.D.); Hidatsa.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Siouan.
Genre: Albumen prints 1870-1880.; Portrait photographs 1870-1880.; Stereographs 1870-1880.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 108
Barcode: B10931811
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt STE Gof.002
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5796 x 3074
File Size: 850 KB
Record: 108
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-108/ste031_001

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Full citation: "Wolf Chief / O. S. Goff, Bismarck, Dakota". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-108/ste031_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 04, 2025.