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Photography -- Printing processes -- Albumen

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

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

 Item
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

 Item
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

 Item
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 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

Portrait of Wah-bo-jeeg, 1862

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Identifier: 1998.004.16
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Wah-bo-jeeg (English name: White Fisher), pictured seate, wrapped in a blanket, and looking away from the camera. Wah-bo-jeeg was a Gull Lake Chippewa Chief; an old warrior once taken prisoner by the Sioux and spoke the language.

Dates: 1862

Portrait of We-no-na, 1862

 Item
Identifier: 1998.004.17
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of We-no-na (English name: First Born), pictured standing, her hair in 2 braids and wrapped in a blanket.

Dates: 1862