Spotted Tail's Daughter's Grave near Fort Laramie, Photos, 1880
Entry/Object ID
P1995.1P.468
Description
Spotted Tail's Daughter's Grave near Fort Laramie, Photos. Photos related to this grave. Original photo in Fort Laramie Museum, taken in 1880. b/w
95.1P.468 = Two men and a dog, posed on either side of a tall wooden frame holding a coffin on top. Ox skull attached. Buildings of Ft. Laramie in background. Legend: "Grave of Spotted Tail's daughter near Fort Laramie, Wyoming. Picture taken in 1880."
95.1P.469 = Text attached to back of above framed photo. "This picture was used by W.W> Morrison-Joe M. Kelly and Darold Vanderhoff of Cheyenne, Wyoming on Sunday April 30 1947 in re-locating the spot of this Indian girl's burial place. The dark depression in the hill beyond the Laramie River and just over the comb of the building near to Sutler's Store was used to get their bearings. The narrow cleat shown in the picture and nailed to the side of her casket was picked up on the spot and turned over to the Fort Laramie Museum by them."
old digital file name: WYFtLaramie4-5
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1880
Place
City
Fort Laramie
State/Province
Wyoming
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Fort Laramie, Native American, Spotted Tail's Daughter's Grave
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Spotted Tail
Provenance
Notes
Photo taken by SJM staff photographer of a photo in the exhibit of Fort Laramie Museum.
