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Plains song, for female voices
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Two tintypes of women in Plains Indian headdress
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Two novelty photographs of women wearing Plains Indian headdresses, provided as souvenirs from the San Gabriel Mission in Southern California. PhotPF 24353 has handwritten inscription on verso: "L. Dickenson, Churchill Road, Sierra Madre, California."
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