Birds eys [i.e. eye] view of battlefield at Wounded Knee S.D. looking S.W.
Date
[1891? January 3]
Summary
View northwest over the battle field at Wounded Knee Creek, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, shows the burial party, including a Native American Sioux woman, at the west end of the snow covered camp with frozen bodies and tepee pole frameworks. The mass grave is being dug on the hill where the Hotchkiss guns were used.
Description
1 copy photonegative ; 10 x 13 cm. (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on mat board 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Dakota Indians--Women--South Dakota--Wounded Knee; Indians of North America--War--South Dakota--Wounded Knee; Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890; Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.); Wounded Knee (S.D.); Campaigns & battles--South Dakota--Wounded Knee; Gravedigging--South Dakota--Wounded Knee; Massacres--South Dakota--Wounded Knee; War casualties--South Dakota--Wounded Knee
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710031467
Notes
Condition: Print shows deterioration of original.; Formerly F25715.; Photo reproduction of copy photograph by Northwestern Photographic Company, possibly published by A. G. Johnson, York, Nebraska; with title hand-lettered in white ink on bottom of black mat board: "Birdseye view of Battle Field. Wounded Knee."; Title hand-lettered on original copy; "No. 13" penciled on back of mat board.; R7100314670
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