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W.J. Winston & R.B. H.B. Beers with Indians P.R. A

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Call NumberX-31439CreatorMorledge, C. G. (Clarence Grant)Date1891 May 17SummaryThree white men, (souvenir, relic hunters or traders ?) W. J. Winston, R. B. and H. B. Beers pose with Native American Sioux men, women, and children in a tepee camp, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota. One of the white men wears a woman's beaded dress and holds, possibly, a war club, another may be wearing a Ghost Dance shirt and holds a tobacco pipe (calumet), a drums shows in front of him. Only a child looks at the camera, the rest of the Sioux look to the ground; one of the white men holds a Sioux baby girl.Physical Description1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photonegative : glass ; 13 x 21 cm (5 x 8 in.); 1 photoprint ; 13 x 21 cm (5 x 8 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectDakota Indians--Women--South DakotaIndian traders--South DakotaIndians of North America--Children--South DakotaPine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)Cross dressing--South DakotaIndian encampments--South DakotaInfants--South DakotaTipis--South DakotaBeers, H. BBeers, R. BWinston, W. J.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710031439Type of MaterialFilm negativesGlass negativesGroup portraitsPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromLouise Stegner of Omaha, Nebraska, in 1951.NotesCondition: Emulsion deterioration on plate. Formerly F8939; also known as CGM1508. Inked on plate border: "No. 1508," photographer monogram and title; number and monogram also on plate image with "140."; R7100314395

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W.J. Winston & R.B. H.B. Beers with Indians P.R. A