Dr. Charles A. Eastman wearing feather headdress, heavily fringed and beaded shirt, after lecturing to a group of boy scouts and is seated among them. Lecture took place at Marshall Fields, a department store in Chicago. Photographed as part of Birth of Chicago Pageant in 1933?
Courtesy of National Museum of the American Indian
More Information
Time Period:
1930-1935
Materials:
Techniques:
Dimensions:
6.5 x 9 in.
Cultures:
American Indians, Central Plains, Dakota (Eastern Sioux), Native Americans, Non-Indian, North America, Plains, Wahpetonwan Dakota (Wahpeton Sioux)
City:
Chicago
County:
Cook County
State:
Illinois
Country:
USA
Collection History:
This print formerly in the collection of David T. Vernon (1900-1973). Before 1968, Vernon's collection was purchased by the Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc. (a foundation backed by Laurance S. Rockefeller, 1910-2004, and other members of the Rockefeller family). Photographs in Vernon's collection may have come to MAI via an exchange with the Jackson Hole Preserve in 1968 or may have been donated directly to MAI by Laurance Rockefeller.
Source ID:
NMAI_303993
Catalog Number:
P21883
Album Name:
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