Judge James Wickersham in council with Indian chiefs – Historic Print
![Judge James Wickersham in council with Indian chiefs, [between 1900 and 1907] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/38/38e934ce90ed-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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Step back in time with Judge James Wickersham in council with Indian chiefs, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Judge James Wickersham in council with Indian chiefs
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The particular interest here is the setting: a federal judge seated among Alaska Native chiefs at Fairbanks, a town that was still young when this was taken between 1900 and 1907. James Wickersham had been appointed a federal judge for the Alaska district in 1900, and his court rode a vast territory where he often had to deal with Native communities over land, law, and local disputes. The photograph belongs to the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection at the Library of Congress, which makes it a useful record of how these meetings were staged and recorded in the early years of American rule in Alaska.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1907] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910.Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Group portraits 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. |
| Subjects | Wickersham, James,--1857-1939. Indians of North America--Alaska--Fairbanks--1900-1910. Tribal chiefs--Alaska--Fairbanks--1900-1910. Wickersham, James,--1857-1939.United States--Alaska--Fairbanks |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,878 × 1,500 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140764 |
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