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Indigenous person riding a horse postcard

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Description
Please note that this collection contains historical images and language that library users may find harmful, offensive, or inappropriate.The sepia-toned photographic postcard depicts what appears to be an Indigenous female elder riding astride on a white horse with bridle, saddle, and stirrups. Her clothing appears light colored and a matching cap covering her head worn low near to her eyes. She is exiting the stream in the portrait with trees and a mountain behind her. Fencing runs across the waterway indicating a property boundary. An annotation in ink along the border of the photograph titled and dated the image, "An old Indian Squaw, Montana, Aug. 1917." On the verso written in pencil, "Hardy 1945."
Type
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Production date
1917.
Call number
photPF 3840
Provenance
Acquired from various sources.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Dimensions
9 x 14 cm
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