Chief Crazy Bear in Ghost Dance Suit Killed in the battle at Wounded Knee

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Title: Chief Crazy Bear in Ghost Dance Suit Killed in the battle at Wounded Knee
Creator: Trager, George E., photographer.
Published/Created: Chadron Neb. : Northwestern Photographic Company, 1891; ©1891
Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen print ; mount 21.5 x 13 cm (boudoir cabinet card format)
Notes: Full length portrait of Crazy Bear standing before illustrated backdrop wearing traditional clothing including feather headdress with trailer, fringed hide leggings, and bead embroidered moccasins while holding rifle and riding quirt. Subject's clothing erroneously described by photographer as regalia worn for Ghost Dance.; Subject associated with Ghost Dance movement.; Printed on verso: Epilepsy Cured, The water 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.; No 15.; "Copy Righted by the N.W. Photo Co Jan 1st 1891 Chadron Neb".; Title derived from image caption.
Names and Subjects: Photographs shelf.; Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography.; Ghost dance.; Indians of North America--Great Plains.; Indians of North America--South Dakota.; Lakota Indians.; Oglala Indians.; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.); Quirts.; Siouan Indians.; Sioux Nation.; United States.--Office of Indian Affairs.--Pine Ridge Agency.; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.; Beadwork--1890-1900.; Clothing & dress--South Dakota--1890-1900.; Embroidery--1890-1900.; Headdresses--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.; Portrait photographs 1890-1900.
Collection Title: Richard Pohrt Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Collection Creator: Pohrt, Richard, Jr.
ID: 678
Barcode: B10933468
Call Number: Photo Div Pohrt BOU Tra-Kuh.024
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Repository: William L. Clements Library

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Collection: Richard Pohrt, Jr. Collection of Native American Photography
Image Size: 4062 x 5820
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 678
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/p/pohrt/x-678/bou155_001

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