Siwash Indian, Wilson George--Chief Seattle's tribe – Vintage 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.)
Description
A window into the past: Siwash Indian, Wilson George--Chief Seattle's tribe, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Siwash Indian, Wilson George--Chief Seattle's tribe
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
This c1925 portrait is identified by its title as Wilson George of Chief Seattle's tribe, linking the sitter to a name that is central to the history of Puget Sound. Chief Seattle was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish, Salishan-speaking peoples who had lived around the Sound for many generations before settlers arrived in the 1850s. By the 1920s, photographers often recorded Native sitters in traditional or ceremonial dress, reflecting both public curiosity and a market for such images. The word "Siwash" in the title was a common and derogatory label in the Northwest, so the caption is worth reading as a product of its time.
| Created / published | c1925. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1920-1930.Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | J275275 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | George, Wilson. Indians of North America--Washington (State)--Clothing & dress--1920-1930. Salishan Indians--Clothing & dress--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,262 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194659 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Chief Turtle giving his interpretation of the Indians' storm dance, just before the rain came down in torrents, at the Indian celebration in Two Medicine Valley, Glacier National Park, Montana]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/234f38dddf89-400.webp)
![[Arnold Genthe and wife of Penri II, chief of the Ainus]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/59dd7d0b71b5-400.webp)
