Blue Horse, Sioux – Antique Wall Art
(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 Blue Horse, Sioux. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Blue Horse, Sioux
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The caption on this c1908 photoprint names its sitter as Blue Horse and identifies him as Sioux, though the record notes these details come from an unverified caption card. The print carries a copyright notice in the name of John A. Johnson of Somerville, Massachusetts, which points to a commercial studio portrait sold to the public. Images like this were made during an era when many Lakota and other Plains people had been confined to reservations, and studio portraits often presented Native sitters in staged poses for a market hungry for pictures of the West. Viewers today should weigh the portrait's composition and its label together.
| Created / published | c1908. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by John A. Johnson, W. Somerville, Mass. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Indians. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,227 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-158190 |
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