Spotted Elk Miniconjou Chief. / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota

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Title: Spotted Elk Miniconjou Chief. / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota
Creator: Morrow, Stanley J., photographer.
Other Title: Photographic Gems from the Great North-West.
Number: ?
Published/Created: Yankton, Dakota : S.J. Morrow, [between 1878 and 1881]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 10 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Notes: Half length studio portrait of Spotted Elk seated wearing white cotton shirt, hair feather, and bone hairpipe breastplate. Original negative likely produced approximately 1872 to 1878.; Contemporary inscribed image caption on verso: Spotted Elk Head Warrior Blackfoot; Includes German translation.; Printed on front left-hand margin: Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota.; Printed on front right-hand margin: Photographic Views of the Great North-West.; Title devised by cataloger (inscribed image caption on verso partially erroneous).; "Spotted Elk" variant personal names: Big Foot, Hehaka Gleska, Si Tanka.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Lakota Indians.; Miniconjou Indians.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Spotted Elk,---1890--Portraits.; Clothing & dress--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples--Dakota Territory--1870-1880.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1870-1880.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Lakota.; Miniconjou.; Siouan.
Genre: Albumen prints 1870-1890.; Portrait photographs 1870-1880.; Stereographs 1870-1890.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 164
Barcode: B10933123
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt STE MorS.023
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5784 x 3398
File Size: 714 KB
Record: 164
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-164/ste087_001

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Full citation: "Spotted Elk Miniconjou Chief. / Photographed and Published by S.J. Morrow, Yankton, Dakota". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-164/ste087_001. In the digital collection Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. June 07, 2025.