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Studio portrait of Old Bets
Object Number 2004.29.5763
Display Title Studio portrait of Old Bets
Descriptions
Transcribed Annotations Written on mounting board: "Sioux Indians, Siouan."; printed on photograph: "Whitney. St. Paul. Old Bets. Sioux [Woman] who will long be remembered with gratitude by many of the Minnesota Captives, for her kindness to them while among the Sioux in 1862."
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Proper Name
Subject
  • Man
Department Photographic
Date 1862-1886
Artist Whitney's Gallery
Culture
  • Sioux
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Additional Geographic Terms High plains
Materials Albumen print Carte-de-visit adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 6.35 x 8.89 cm (2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Provenance
Donor Donated by William H. Pierce

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