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Indian delegation who called to present the President a tobacco pouch - these Indians represented their race at the burial of the Unknown Soldier – Antique Wall Art

Indian delegation who called to present the President a tobacco pouch - these Indians represented their race at the burial of the Unknown Soldier, 1921 Nov. 15. — historic photograph
Indian delegation who called to present the President a tobacco pouch - these Indians represented their race at the burial of the Unknown Soldier, 1921 Nov. 15.. 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.)

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A delegation of Native American men called on President Warren G. Harding in November 1921 to present him with a tobacco pouch, a gift that carried ceremonial weight in many Indigenous traditions. The group was in Washington around the burial of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11, 1921, and the record notes that they represented their people at that ceremony. The photograph was made by the National Photo Company, a commercial studio that documented officials and visitors in the capital during the 1920s, and it preserves a moment when Native Americans stood visibly within the nation's Armistice Day commemorations.

Created / published1921 Nov. 15.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1920-1930.
NotesTitle and other information transcribed from caption card and item, with subsequent revisions based on caption for another image in stereographs collection. In album: Warren G. Harding, v. 2, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company. National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). No. 16851. Caption card tracings: Pres.; Ph. Ind.; Indians; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,207 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155676

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