Sitting Bull's House. / D. F. Barry, Photographer

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Title: Sitting Bull's House. / D. F. Barry, Photographer
Creator: Barry, D. F. (David Francis), 1854-1934, photographer.
Published/Created: West Superior, Wis. : D. F. Barry, [approximately 1890 to 1895]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 16.5 x 11 cm (cabinet card format)
Notes: View of Sitting Bull's cabin near the Grand River in Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North and South Dakota. Sitting Bull's wife Seen-by-her-Nation (also known as Seen-by-the-Nation) and daughter Standing Holy (also known as Mary Sitting Bull) sit outside cabin entrance. Original negative likely produced in December of 1890 shortly after Sitting Bull's death.; Bust length wood engraving of "Chief Gall" printed on verso.; Printed on verso: D. F. Barry, Photographer, West Superior, - Wis. Photographs Of All Noted Indians. Catalogues Mailed On Application.; Title derived from image caption.; "Gall" variant personal names: Abraham Gall, Bear Shedding His Hair, Man Who Goes in the Middle, Matohinsda, Phizi, Pizi.; "Sitting Bull" variant personal names: Four Horn, Hunkesi, Jumping Badger, Sitting Buffalo Bull, Slon-he, Slow, Tah-ton-ka-he-yo-ta-kah, Tatanka Iyotanka, Tatanka Yotanka, Toro Seduto, Toro Sentado.; "Hunkpapa Indians" variant names: Unc Papa Indians, Uncpapa Indians, Unkpapa Indians.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Gall,--approximately 1840-1894--Pictorial works.; Hunkpapa Indians.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--South Dakota.; Lakota Indians.; Seen-by-her-Nation,--approximately 1846-1897--Portraits.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; Sitting Bull,--1831-1890--Homes & haunts.; Standing Holy,--approximately 1876-1927--Portraits.; Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.); United States.--Office of Indian Affairs.--Standing Rock Agency.; Daughters--Lakota--South Dakota--1890.; Girls--South Dakota--1890.; Indigenous peoples--South Dakota--1890.; Log cabins--South Dakota--1890.; Mothers--South Dakota--1890.; Spouses--South Dakota--1890.; Widows--South Dakota--1890.; Hunkpapa.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Indigenous peoples--South Dakota.; Lakota.; Siouan.; Standing Rock Reservation (N.D. and S.D.)
Genre: Albumen prints 1890-1900.; Cabinet photographs 1890-1900.; Group portraits 1890.; Wood engravings 1890-1900.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 332
Barcode: B10929994
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt CAB BarD.006
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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 3512
File Size: 938 KB
Record: 332
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-332/cab020_001

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