Chief Fish Wolf Robe – Antique Print
(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
Step back in time with Chief Fish Wolf Robe, 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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Chief Fish Wolf Robe
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The record names the sitter as Chief Fish Wolf Robe, but that title comes from unverified information the Bain News Service noted on the negative or its caption card, so it should be read as a working attribution. The glass negative belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, the body of work from a New York news photography agency that supplied pictures to newspapers in the early twentieth century. Portraits of Native American men in ceremonial dress were a common subject in that period's news and feature photography, often made to satisfy public curiosity about Indigenous life. With no date recorded, the image is best understood within that broader era rather than tied to a specific event.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch seven loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,710 × 4,129 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-33270 |
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