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Fire Lightning - Public domain scan of print

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Fire Lightning - Public domain scan of print

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Fire Lightning, half-length portrait, wearing a bone breastplate, a Euro-American coat, and two feathers in his hair.
H93603 U.S. Copyright Office.
Portrait is a cropped version of photoprint taken by C.M. Bell, copyrighted in 1891. See Lot 12567 for Bell image.
Copyright Taber Prang Art Co., Springfield, Mass.

C. M. Bell Studio of photographic portraits worked in Washington DC from 1873 until 1916. Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893) was one of Washington's leading portrait photographers. His studio became known for its large collection of portraits of Washington notables, including politicians, leading businessmen and educators, embassy officials and distinguished visitors from other countries, church leaders, athletes and entertainers, and members of Washington's black middle class. The Library of Congress C. M. Bell Studio Collection comprises of over 25,000 glass plate negatives.

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01/01/1907
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Contributors

Bell, C. M. (Charles Milton), approximately 1849-1893, photographer
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