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Two wives of Quanah Parker - Topay & Tonicy

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Call NumberX-32220CreatorSwett, SergeantSummaryTopay and Tonicy, two Native American Comanche women, wives of Quanah Parker, pose beside his memorial inside a fence decorated with a wreath, Post Oak Cemetery, near Cache, Oklahoma. Inscription on granite headstone reads: "Resting Here Until Day Breaks And Shadows Fall And Darkness Disappears Is Quanah Parker Last Chief Of The Comanches Born 1852 Died Feb. 23 1911, This Monument Erected Under Act Of (Congress?) Approved June 23, 1926."Physical Description1 photonegative ; 5 x 4 cm (13 x 10 in.); 1 photoprint (postcard) ; 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectComanche Indians--Oklahoma--CacheIndians of North America--Oklahoma--CacheCache (Okla.)Post Oak Mission Cemetery (Comanche County, Okla.)Monuments and memorials--Oklahoma--CacheSpouses--Oklahoma--CacheWomen--Oklahoma--CacheTonicyTopayParker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--FamilyParker, Quanah, 1845?-1911--MonumentsCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710032220Type of MaterialFilm negativesPostcardsNotesCondition: Image has red ink staining. Formerly F29222. Postcard stamp printed on back: "AZO"; Title and photographer hand-lettered on original; hand-written on back of card: "Sgt. Swett". R7100322209

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