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Capture & Death of Sitting Bull

Description: Image of the attempted capture of Sitting Bull and the ensuing fight between police and Native American Sioux Indians in 1890; Sioux warriors and Indian Police on horseback face off with rifles; dead and dying men and horses on the ground; tipis at left and additional police forces with cannons at left in background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1890
Call number: priJLC_MIL_003329
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Group portrait of Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull, and other Wild West Show members

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Standing in back row, from left, Crow Eagle, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, and Adirondack (a naturalist). Seated in front, from left, is William Halsey (Sitting Bull's interpreter), Hunkpapa Sioux Chief Sitting Bull, and young Johnny Baker (later known as the "Cowboy Kid" in the Wild West Show and foster son to Cody). Both Sitting Bull and Crow Eagle wear feather headdresses.

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Quality Amusement Corp. presents "Custer's last fight" the greatest wild west feature ever filmed

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Image of an outdoor scene showing Native American Indians on horseback shooting rifles in a battle, with a military fort that is on fire and the United States Cavalry charging down a mountains in the background; with a top left vignette of a half-length portrait of United States Army officer and cavalry commander George Custer (captioned "Gen. George A. Custer") in a military uniform with gloves and hat, and a top-right head-and-shoulders portrait of Lakota Sioux Chief Sitting Bull (captioned "Sitting Bull") wearing a headdress; the scene depicts the 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn between Plains Indian tribes and the United States Army 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Black Hills of Montana; the poster advertises the film "Custer's Last Fight" released by the Quality Amusement Corporation and based on footage from a 1912 movie produced by Thomas Ince.

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Battle of Tippecanoe

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Image of a scene depicting the Battle of Tippecanoe near Lafayette, Indiana, in 1811; General William Henry Harrison on horseback with sword in hand at left commands American soldiers shooting rifles through trees as they try to repel an attack by spear, tomahawk, and gun-wielding Native American Indians in a wooded forest area; ranks of soldiers visible behind Harrison at left, two dead American Indian warriors lay in the clearing at center, wounded soldiers from both sides also pictured.

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Battle of Bull Run

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Image of the first Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia, during the American Civil War; Union soldiers (including Zouave forces) clash with Confederate soldiers on a battlefield with trenches and a bridge being taken; wounded and dead soldiers, fallen cavalry horses, and cannons in foreground.

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2nd Battle of Bull Run Va. August 30th 1862

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Image of Confederate and Union armies engaging on the battlefield at the second Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War in 1862; dead and wounded soldiers in foreground; cannons firing in background.

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Niagara Falls. Part of the American Fall from the foot of the stair case

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Image of a landscape view of the American Falls from the foot of the staircase at Niagara Falls; two men with rifles and a dog at bottom left.

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Capture & Death of Sitting Bull

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