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Unknown Portraits of North American Indians

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04490 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1885 Pagination: 2 v : 142 photographs ; 31 x 25 cm. Order a Copy

Photographs of Native Americans: Indian delegation photographs of War chiefs, war dance groups, married couples, children, etc. Images from 1858-1884.

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