Soldiers near fireplace

Soldiers near fireplace, front: Origsize: 5.25 x 7.75 inches; Origformat: Print-Photographic
Soldiers near fireplace, front

Origsize: 5.25 x 7.75 inches; Origformat: Print-Photographic

Name/Title

Soldiers near fireplace

Entry/Object ID

2013.3.12

Description

Cabinet card showing soldiers sitting or standing near a fireplace. The image is sepia-toned, with a beige mount. The back of the mat has a hadnwritten "2" on the right side. Julia Robb, Author,Novelist Wounded Knee was a Battle Not a Massacre–Sam Russell Interview "January 1891, Albumen Cabinet Card Photograph of a small log cabin behind the Post Office at the Pine Ridge Agency in South Dakota – the location from which the first news reports about Wounded Knee were written. In this photo we see U.S. Marshall George Bartlett, writer / archeologist / anthropologist, Warren King Moorhead, an Indian Police sentry in full uniform and a third, unidentified white man believed to be Louis Mousseau who lived in the cabin and ran the Post Office / Store." http://juliarobb.com/blog/wounded-knee-was-a-battle-not-a-massacre-interview-with-sam-russell/

Collection

Howard J. Graham

Acquisition

Accession

2013.3

Source or Donor

Howard J. Graham

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Donated in memory of Howard J. Graham