TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHIEF RAIN IN THE FACE
BY BARRY
TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHIEF RAIN IN THE FACE BY BARRY

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TWO PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHIEF RAIN IN THE FACE
BY BARRY
THE FIRST, AN ALBUMEN PRINT DEPICTING A WOUNDED CHIEF RAIN IN THE FACE WITH HIS WIFE. A SMALL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE EXPLAINS THAT THE SIOUX CHIEF HAD BEEN STABBED BY HIS OTHER WIFE AFTER SHE BECAME ANGRY BECAUSE HE WAS IGNORING HER; THE SECOND, AN ALBUMEN PRINT OF CHIEF RAIN IN THE FACE ON A PINTO PONY, WEARING A BUCKSKIN FRINGED JACKET AND GAUNTLETS. THE LARGEST: 9 X 7 IN. (24.1 X 19.7 CM.) (2)
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COLLECTION OF CHARLES F. FISH, SOUTH SWANSEA, MASSACHUSETTS. THROUGH THE FAMILY BY DESCENT.
Exhibited
THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF EUGENICS EXHIBIT OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 22 TO OCTOBER 22, 1921.

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