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Bobtailhorse – Antique Print

Bobtailhorse, c1913. — historic photograph
Bobtailhorse, c1913.. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Step back in time with Bobtailhorse, 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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Bobtailhorse, a Siksika man, is the subject of this portrait, made around 1913 by Roland W. Reed, a photographer known for his many studies of Native peoples in the American West. The Siksika are one of the Blackfoot nations of the northern Plains, who acquired horses in the 1700s and built much of their travel, trade and hunting around them. Portraits from this decade often reflect a time when reservation life was reshaping Plains communities, so the name Bobtailhorse gains added meaning when read alongside the horse-themed gallery it belongs to.

Created / publishedc1913.
Medium1 photographic. print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic. prints 1910-1920.
NotesJ186918 U.S. Copyright Office. Photograph by Roland W. Reed. Unprocessed in PR * &***.
SubjectsBobtailhorse. Indians of North America--1910-1920. Siksika Indians--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,252 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-181177

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