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General Miles Mess Table

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Call NumberZ-15944CreatorTrager, George E.Date1890-1891SummaryInterior tent view of General Nelson A. Miles and his staff of officers at mess during the Native American Sioux campaign at Pine Ridge Agency, South Dakota. The oilcloth-covered table is set with plates, coffee cups and saucers, hardtack, meats, biscuits, and cans of evaporated milk.
Physical Description1 photoprint on card mount : albumen ; 15 x 19 cm (5 3/4 x 7 1/2 in.); 1 card ; 22 x 17 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectUnited States. Army--PeopleUnited States. Office of Indian Affairs. Pine Ridge AgencyIndians of North America--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine RidgeDakota Indians--Government relations--South Dakota--Pine RidgeWounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890Pine Ridge (S.D.)Military officers--South Dakota--Pine RidgeInteriors--South Dakota--Pine RidgeEating customsDrinking customs--South Dakota--Pine RidgeDining tables--South Dakota--Pine RidgeTrager, George E.--Pictorial worksMiles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925Northwestern Photographic Company (Chadron, Neb.)--SpecimensCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryType of MaterialPhotographic printsGlass negativesBoudoir card photographsBlack & white photographsNotesTitle from verso. Written on verso: Colorado State government; National Guard - 11; P355 O32-1; Gen miles; Sender. Printed on verso: advertisements for Trager & Ford, Chadron, Neb. Northwestern Photographic Co., Chadron, Neb. Card contains: advertisement for the cure of epilepsy; views of Wounded Knee Battle, Indian Camps, War Camps, Indian Chiefs produced by the Northwesten Photographic Co., Chadron, Neb.; "Everything of interest in the late Pine Ridge War are held by us for sale."; Company formed by George Trager and Joe Ford in Chadron, 1891, to make prints of Trager and Moreledge's Wounded Knee Massacre images.

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General Miles Mess Table