Chief Standing Elk 1st Lieut to Chief Little Wound & Black Horse

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Title: Chief Standing Elk 1st Lieut to Chief Little Wound & Black Horse
Creator: Trager, George E., photographer.
Published/Created: Chadron, Neb. : Northwestern Photographic Co., [1891]
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 21.5 x 13 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Group portrait of Standing Elk (seated at left) and Black Horse (seated at right) in encampment at Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Standing Elk wears western shirt and vest, blanket with bead embroidered strip, and eagle feather bonnet with trailer and ermine skin trim while holding rifle. Black Horse wears western shirt, vest and hat as well as otter fur hair wraps. Tipis present in background. Photograph likely taken shortly after Wounded Knee Massacre.; Printed on verso: King, the Black Hills Jeweler, Manufacturer of Jewlery in Original and Rustic Designs. Dealer in Black Hills and other interesting views, specimens, etc. For a new and entirely original piece of jewelry, send to E.F. King, Deadwood, So. Dak. A descriptive catalogue sent on application. Epilepsy Cured, The waters from the famous Minne Pazuta Springs have cured 20 cases of the worst forms of Epilepsy within the last year. For information and testimonials address Trager & Ford, Chadron, Neb. Views. Wounded Knee Battle, Indian Camps, War Camps, Indian Chiefs. Everything of interest in the late Pine Ridge War are held by us for sale. Agents wishing to make $10 to $15 per day wanted. Northwestern Photographic Co., Chadron, Neb. Journal Print, Chadron, Neb.; Original negative number?: 1105.; Title derived from image caption.; "Black Horse" variant personal names: Tasunke Sapa, Sunksapa.; "Little Wound" variant personal names: Thaopi Cik'ala.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Black Horse--(Oglala Indian)--Portraits.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--South Dakota.; Lakota Indians.; Little Wound,--1830-1901.; Oglala Indians.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.); Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; United States.--Office of Indian Affairs.--Pine Ridge Agency.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Beadwork--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Embroidery--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian encampments--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indian reservations--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Indigenous peoples--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Rifles--1890-1900.; Tribal chiefs--United States--1890-1900.; Indigenous peoples--Great Plains.; Indigenous peoples--South Dakota.; Lakota.; Oglala.; Pine Ridge Reservation (S.D.); Siouan.; Northwestern Photographic Company,--publisher.
Genre: Albumen prints 1890-1900.; Boudoir card photographs 1890-1900.; Group portraits 1890-1900.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 667
Barcode: B10933453
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Tra-Kuh.011
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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 5776 x 3932
File Size: 705 KB
Record: 667
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