Snapshots of the Past

[Stands Hard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in feather headress] – Vintage Wall Art

[Stands Hard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in feather headress], c1900. — historic photograph
[Stands Hard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in feather headress], c1900.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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.)

Description

A window into the past: [Stands Hard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in feather headress], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

[Stands Hard, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, in feather headress]

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Stands Hard is the named sitter, shown in a head-and-shoulders view turned to the left, with a feather headdress that dominates the composition. The record dates the print to about 1900, a period when photographers in the United States often made studio portraits of Native American men in traditional regalia, sometimes for commercial sale rather than as personal records. Today viewers tend to study these portraits for their attention to dress, since the headdress, the feathers, and the sitter's posture carry much of the image's information. The record does not describe the sitting itself, so the picture is best read alongside what is documented about the photographer and the era.

Created / publishedc1900.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900.Photographic prints 1900.
NotesNo. 509.
SubjectsStands Hard. Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,172 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-165980

More from the Historic Print Archive collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Frederick Douglass, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Mrs. A.R. Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Mrs. A.R. Hancock, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][William Robert Poage, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] / Mickle, Waco, Tex.[William Robert Poage, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left] / Mick[William H. Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][William H. Taft, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Walter Fauntroy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Walter Fauntroy, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Barry Morris Goldwater, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left][Barry Morris Goldwater, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left]