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[Cased tintype of unidentified Indian]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01363 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: circa 1870 Pagination: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 8.5 cm. Order a Copy

Cased photograph depicts a posed full-length image of a Native American youth holding a ceremonial spear decorated with feathers. To the left is a headdress decorated with buffalo horns. Studio backdrop. Case is intact.

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