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[Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ornaments, seated, facing right] / D.D. Wilder, The Dalles, Ore., photographer, novelties, Indian curios. – Antique Photo Print

[Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ornaments, seated, facing right] / D.D. Wilder, The Dalles, Ore., photographer, novelties, Indian curios., c1903. — historic photograph
[Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ornaments, seated, facing right] / D.D. Wilder, The Dalles, Ore., photographer, novelties, Indian curios., c1903.. Historic photograph 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 historic photograph captures [Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ornaments, seated, facing right] / D.D. Wilder, The Dalles, Ore., photographer, novelties, Indian curios. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Half-length portrait of Indian with decorated face, feather and bead ornaments, seated, facing right] / D.D. Wilder, The Dalles, Ore., photographer, novelties, Indian curios.

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Seated and turned to the right, the sitter wears a painted face and a headdress of feathers and beadwork. The photograph was made around 1903 by D.D. Wilder of The Dalles, Oregon, whose business also sold novelties and so-called Indian curios to travelers. The Dalles sat on the Columbia River near Celilo Falls, a long-standing fishing and trading place for the Wasco people, whom the record links to this portrait. The sitter is not named, and studio images like this one often reflected what buyers wanted to see as much as the sitter's own life.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH26198(?) U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Oregon--Dalles--Clothing & dress--1900-1910. Wasco Indians--Clothing & dress--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,276 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-178060

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