[3/4 lgth., portrait of young woman wearing Indian costume, autographed Greetings to Mr. Barrett from Pocahontas of the ground-breaking celebration 1911"]"

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Here a young woman in Indian costume has signed her three-quarter-length portrait as Pocahontas, sending greetings to a Mr. Barrett from a ground-breaking celebration in 1911. Costumed performers like her were a common feature of early twentieth-century civic events, where women were often dressed as Pocahontas or other figures from American Indian history and legend to draw crowds and give new construction a sense of local story. The handwritten inscription is what makes the picture personal, turning a studio portrait into a souvenir of one occasion. The record does not name the photographer or the performer, so the image is best read as a window onto the public celebrations of its time.

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