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![[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904] - An old black and white photo of a man](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDIvMDEvMDEvY2hpZWYtam9zZXBoLWNhLTE4NDAtMTkwNC0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/501/jpg "[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904] - An old black and white photo of a man")
![[Little Horse, Og Sioux, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMDEvMDEvbGl0dGxlLWhvcnNlLW9nLXNpb3V4LXRocmVlLXF1YXJ0ZXItbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Little Horse, Og Sioux, three-quarter length portrait, facing right]")
![[Fish Shows, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, pompadour, temple braids painted white, 2 eagle feathers, disk earring, shell beads with large disk ornaments, beaded buckskin shirt]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvZmlzaC1zaG93cy1hbi1hcHNhcm9rZS1pbmRpYW4taGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLXBvcnRyYWl0LWZhY2luZy1mcm9udC1wb21wYWRvdXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/50/webp "[Fish Shows, an Apsaroke Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, pompadour, temple braids painted white, 2 eagle feathers, disk earring, shell beads with large disk ornaments, beaded buckskin shirt]")
![[Cheyenne male, facing front, hair in wrapped braids, blanket around shoulders]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTQvY2hleWVubmUtbWFsZS1mYWNpbmctZnJvbnQtaGFpci1pbi13cmFwcGVkLWJyYWlkcy1ibGFua2V0LWFyb3VuZC1zaG91bGRlcnMtM2NiNjgwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Cheyenne male, facing front, hair in wrapped braids, blanket around shoulders]")
![[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904] - Native American portrait](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDMvMDEvMDEvY2hpZWYtam9zZXBoLWNhLTE4NDAtMTkwNC02NDAuanBn/40/65/webp "[Chief Joseph, ca. 1840-1904] - Native American portrait")
![[Joseph Irvin France, 1873-1939, head and shoulders, facing right]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTkvMDEvMDEvam9zZXBoLWlydmluLWZyYW5jZS0xODczLTE5MzktaGVhZC1hbmQtc2hvdWxkZXJzLWZhY2luZy1yaWdodC02NDAuanBn/40/59/webp "[Joseph Irvin France, 1873-1939, head and shoulders, facing right]")
![[Portrait of Louis Jordan, between 1938 and 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtbG91aXMtam9yZGFuLWJldHdlZW4tMTkzOC1hbmQtMTk0OC02NDAuanBn/40/42/webp "[Portrait of Louis Jordan, between 1938 and 1948]")
![[Portrait of John S. Wilson, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytam9obi1zLXdpbHNvbi1uZXcteW9yay1ueS1iZXR3ZWVuLTE5MzgtYW5kLTE5NDgtMS02NDAuanBn/40/42/webp "[Portrait of John S. Wilson, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]")
![[Portrait of John S. Wilson, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2Ytam9obi1zLXdpbHNvbi1uZXcteW9yay1ueS1iZXR3ZWVuLTE5MzgtYW5kLTE5NDgtMy02NDAuanBn/40/41/webp "[Portrait of John S. Wilson, New York, N.Y.(?), between 1938 and 1948]")
