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Sitting Bull / photographed & published by Palmquist & Jurgens, St. Paul, Minn. – Vintage Wall Art

Sitting Bull / photographed & published by Palmquist & Jurgens, St. Paul, Minn., c1884. — historic photograph
Sitting Bull / photographed & published by Palmquist & Jurgens, St. Paul, Minn., c1884.. Historic photograph from the Native Americans 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 Sitting Bull / photographed & published by Palmquist & Jurgens, St. Paul, Minn. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Sitting Bull / photographed & published by Palmquist & Jurgens, St. Paul, Minn.

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Few portraits of Sitting Bull from this period name a ceremonial object as part of the subject, and this card's record lists a calumet, or pipe, alongside him. The card was photographed and published by Palmquist & Jurgens of St. Paul, Minnesota, around 1884, a few years after Sitting Bull surrendered in 1881. Studios like this one sold cabinet cards widely in the 1880s, so images such as this reached many viewers who never met the Hunkpapa Lakota leader. His fame had grown after the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, and portraits from these years were widely copied.

Created / publishedc1884.
Medium1 photographic print on cabinet card mount.
GenrePortrait photographs 1880-1890.Cabinet photographs 1880-1890.Photographic prints 1880-1890.
Notes75120(?) U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsSitting Bull,--1831-1890. Dakota Indians--1880-1890. Tribal chiefs--United States--1880-1890. Calumets--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,747 × 4,657 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-221433

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