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Missionary Church and Paiute boy – Historic Reproduction

Missionary Church and Paiute boy, c1991. — historic photograph
Missionary Church and Paiute boy, c1991.. Historic photograph from the Religious 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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A window into the past: Missionary Church and Paiute boy, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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A young Paiute boy stands before a mission church on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation in Nevada, a pairing that places faith and childhood side by side in one community. The Northern Paiute have lived around Pyramid Lake, a remnant of the ancient Lake Lahontan, for centuries, and Christian missionaries worked among them during the 19th century. The photograph dates to about 1991 and comes from the Pyramid Lake Project. It later appeared in *Eyes of the Nation*, a 1997 visual history of the United States with commentary by Alan Brinkley.

Created / publishedc1991.
Medium2 photographic prints : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1990-2000.
NotesLC37-RD and LC38-RD. From the Pyramid Lake Project. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1995:020.
SubjectsMission churches--Nevada--Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation--1990-2000. Indians of North America--Spiritual life--1990-2000. Paiute Indians--Spiritual life--1990-2000.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,473 × 1,185 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218700

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