Skinning beef at beef issue – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Skinning beef at beef issue. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Few pictures show the beef issue at Pine Ridge as plainly as this one, with men working over a carcass on the open plains beside a wagon. The record identifies the people as Teton Lakota, and the reservation's beef rations were supplied by the federal government under agreements tied to the loss of land and hunting grounds. John C. H. Grabill, a photographer working in the Dakotas, made the image in 1891, a year of growing tension at Pine Ridge. Worth noticing are the carts, the butchering work, and what the scene shows about how reservation rations shaped daily food supply.
| Created / published | 1891 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection. |
| Subjects | Slaughtering--South Dakota--1890-1900. Carts & wagons--South Dakota--1890-1900. Plains--South Dakota--1890-1900. Whites--South Dakota--1890-1900. Indians of North America--South Dakota--1890-1900. Teton Indians--1890-1900. Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,212 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-151172 |
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