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Group of Digger Indian Squaws – Antique Print

Group of Digger Indian Squaws, [published 1866] — historic photograph
Group of Digger Indian Squaws, [published 1866]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures Group of Digger Indian Squaws in remarkable 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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Group of Digger Indian Squaws

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Few captions from the 1860s are as loaded as this one, which calls its subjects "Digger Indians." Settlers in California applied that term broadly to Native peoples who gathered seeds and roots, and it is now recognized as a derogatory label. The print is one half of a stereograph, a paired image meant to be seen through a stereoscope, issued in a California series as no. 598. Views like this were sold to tourists and armchair viewers in the years after the Gold Rush, when Native communities were losing land and population, and such scenes were often arranged for the camera. The record is unverified, so the women's names and the exact location are not known.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
NotesThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 598. LOT subdivision subject: Indians. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,435 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-116068

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