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Crazy Mule presenting his war bonnet to Secretary [of the Interior Carl] Schurz – Antique Print

Crazy Mule presenting his war bonnet to Secretary [of the Interior Carl] Schurz, [1879-80] — antique engraving
Crazy Mule presenting his war bonnet to Secretary [of the Interior Carl] Schurz, [1879-80]. Antique engraving 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 antique engraving captures Crazy Mule presenting his war bonnet to Secretary [of the Interior Carl] Schurz 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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Crazy Mule presenting his war bonnet to Secretary [of the Interior Carl] Schurz

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Crazy Mule is shown presenting his war bonnet to Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz, a personal exchange that the engraving frames as a formal meeting between a Native leader and a senior Washington official. Schurz, a German-born reformer, led the Interior Department from 1877 to 1881, a period when federal policy toward Native nations was heavily contested and the department oversaw the Indian Bureau. The image appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, a popular weekly that relied on wood engravings like this one to bring distant events to readers. Its date is estimated as 1879 to 1880.

Created / published[1879-80]
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesIllus. in: Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, v. 49, 1879-80. Reference copy may be in Indian Portrait Card Index. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Indians...; B.I.; Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,015 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-108670

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