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Birds eye view of complete battle ground at Wounded Knee S.D.

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Call NumberX-31422CreatorNorthwestern Photographic Co.Datecirca 1891 January 3SummaryBird's eye view to the west across the valley of the Wounded Knee battleground with slain American Lakota Sioux and burial party barely visible above cottonwoods along the creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.Physical Description1 photographic print on card mount : albumen ; 13 x 21 cm (5 x 8 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 22 x 17 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint ; 26 x 21 cm (10 x 8 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota Indians--South Dakota--Wounded KneeIndians of North America--South Dakota--Wounded KneeTeton Indians--War--South Dakota--Wounded KneeWounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890Wounded Knee (S.D.)Wounded Knee Creek (S.D.)Campaigns and battles--South Dakota--Wounded KneeMassacres--South Dakota--Wounded KneeWar casualties--South Dakota--Wounded KneeCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031422Type of MaterialAlbumen printsCard photographsGlass negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromLouise Stegner of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1951.NotesCondition: Emulsion deterioration on plate. Formerly F8922. Title and "No 3" inked on plate image; copyright credit for Northwestern Photographic Company has been wiped off plate. Title and : "Copyrighted by the North Western Photo. Co. Chandron, Neb." reproduced in vintage photographic print. R7100314222

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