Chief Crazy Horse – Historic Print
![Chief Crazy Horse, [1955] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/0c/0cb51a180d11-L.webp)
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Chief Crazy Horse in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Chief Crazy Horse
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A color poster for *Chief Crazy Horse*, a 1955 Universal International western, places the Lakota leader's name at the center of its advertising, with Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, and John Lund in the cast. Crazy Horse, an Oglala Lakota born around 1842, resisted the expansion of the United States into the Northern Plains during the 1860s and 1870s and became famous for his role in the 1876 battle against Custer's forces on the Little Bighorn. He was killed in 1877 while in military custody. Hollywood westerns of the 1950s usually cast non-Native actors in Indigenous roles, so the poster also shows how mainstream films of the period presented this history to audiences.
| Created / published | [1955] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Motion picture posters American 1950-1960.Prints Color 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Universal International picture. Published in: Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 259. |
| Subjects | Crazy Horse,--ca. 1842-1877--Portrayals. Mature, Victor--Performances. Ball, Suzan,--1933-1955--Performances. Lund, John,--1913---Performances. Indians of North America--Performances & portrayals--1950-1960. Westerns--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,457 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217882 |
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