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Record ID:
219668
Accession number:
ARC 1176.072
Photographer:
Edward S. Curtis
Title:
White Swan (Apsáalooke/Crow)
Summary:
Head-and-shoulders studio portrait of White Swan, in profile, wearing a feathered headdress and holding a pistol, though only the barrel is visible (Apsáalooke/Crow).
Created:
ca. 1904
Printed/Manufactured:
United States, ca. 1905-1910
Description:
1 lantern slide : photograph on glass, sepia toned ; 3 1/4 x 4 inches (lantern slide format)
Inscriptions/Markings:
Oval white sticker with red border adhered to slide at lower left; inscription on tape along side "White Swan. -Crow- / a scout under custer.".
Notes:
Title from Curtis logbook.
Image also available in the National Museum of Natural History National Anthropological Archives (viewed May 2021): Guide to the Edward S. Curtis papers and photographs, ca. 1895-2001, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, dated 1905-1908, Box G6, Negative number 285, with the title: Portrait of Crow man White Swan wearing feathered headdress.
Forms part of a collection of lantern slides by Curtis (ARC 1176).
Bibliography:
NAA MS 2010-28 National Anthropological Archives, Series 9.1, Edward Curtis negative log books, volume 2, "Indian Series," page 20, negative number 285: White Swan (Custer's Chief of Ind Scouts) T6 x 8 transp.
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