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Photography -- Printing processes -- Albumen

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Ma-za-oo-nie as an older boy, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.7
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Ma-za-oo-nie (English name: The Little Bird Hunter) as an older boy, pictured seated wearing headdress and holding a tomahawk.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of Ma-za-sha, 1862

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Identifier: 1998.004.8
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Ma-za-sha (English name: Red Iron), pictured standing with a tartan blanket draped over his left arm. Said to be a friendly Sioux Chief.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of O-ta-dan, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.10
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of O-ta-dan (English name: Plenty), pictured seated, wrapped in a blanket which he clutches to his chest. Taken prisoner nby the military expedition under the command of Brig. Gen. Sibley in 1863.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of Old Bets, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.9
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Azayamankawin, also known as Old Bets, pictured seated with her hands folded on her lap. A Sioux woman who will long be remembered with gratitude by many of the Minnesota captives for her kindness to them while among the Sioux in 1862.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of Paha-uza-tanka, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.11
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Paha-uza-tanka (English name: The Great Scalp-taker), pictured seated, wrapped in a blanket and wearing a cap with 16 feathers. The number of feathers in his headdress alledgedly denotes the number of scalps taken.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish, 1862

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Identifier: 1998.004.12
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Qui-wi-sain-shish (English name: Bad Boy); Chief of Gull Lake Chippewas. Pictured seated, hair in 2 braids and a blanket draped over one shoulder. Who, to escape the vengeance of the Indians when they discovered his friendship for the whites, in the outbreak of 1862, was obliged to seek protection in Fort Ripley.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of Te-he-do-ne-cha, 1862

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Identifier: 1998.004.13
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Te-he-do-ne-cha (English name: One Who Forbids His House), pictured seated and holding a rifle; a heavy blanket draped over his shoulders. Te-he-do-ne-cha was executed for his participation in the massacre in 1862.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of Te-na-se-pa, 1862

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Identifier: 1998.004.14
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Dowasana, also called Tenase-pa, labeled as a "Sioux dandy". Pictured seated, his hair in 2 braids and wearing a head wrap.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of Unidentified Man, Undated

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Identifier: 1931-004-2-S87
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of an unidentified man. Title supplied. Photographer: J. Wiltse. Printed on front of card bottom left: "J. Wiltse." Printed on front of card bottom center: "Negatives Preserved." Printed on front of card bottom right: "Mitchell, Dak." Written in ink on back of card top left: "S-Photo 87." Digital image has been modified from the original for clarity.

Dates: Undated

Portrait of Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.15
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Wa-kan-o-zhan-zhan (English name: Medicine Bottle), pictured seated, his hair in 2 braids and a blanket wrapped around his shoulders. Said to have engaged in the Masscre of 1862; was a prisoner at Fort Snelling and condemned to death.

Dates: 1862