Indian School, Chamberlain, North Dakota, 1907 – Historic Photograph 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.)
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This rare historic image captures Indian School, Chamberlain, North Dakota, 1907 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Goverment [sic] Indian School, Chamberlain, S. Dak.
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Indian School, Chamberlain, North Dakota, 1907
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Chamberlain, on the Missouri River, grew up in the 1880s as a division town of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, which made it a shipping point for grain, livestock, and supplies moving into the surrounding ranch and farm country. By 1907 the town was a trade center for both settlers and nearby Native communities, and the river crossing remained a key link between east and west. The Indian School here was one of the federal boarding schools of that era, where children from reservations across the region were enrolled with the aim of replacing their languages and customs with English and American trades. Life for the students centered on daily routines of classes, farm and industrial labor, and military-style discipline, while families who lived far away often saw their children only during summer breaks. The photograph records a moment when such schools were central to federal Indian policy and to the town's identity.
| Created / published | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Creator | bandholtz, f. j. (frederick j.) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--North Dakota |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,226 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Goverment [sic] Indian School, Chamberlain, S. Dak. |
| Reference | ND 1907 Indian School, Chamberlain |
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