Cabinet card photograph
Height approx 6.5 in / 16.5 cm
Width approx 4.25 in / 10.8 cm
Provenance: Private Midwest collection
This cabinet card photograph depicts White Swan, identified as a Crow scout associated with Custer. He is shown wearing a suit coat and cravat, with “White Swan” written within the image and R. L. Kelly of Pierre, Dakota, identified on the mount. The photograph should be presented as a named Crow portrait with clear Plains attribution.
Cabinet cards were mounted photographs widely collected in the late nineteenth century as portrait and documentary images. The formal studio presentation emphasizes the sitter’s face, clothing, and direct presence rather than a staged outdoor setting. As a named Crow subject, the photograph carries stronger historical specificity than a general Native American cabinet card.
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Cabinet card photograph
Height approx 6.5 in / 16.5 cm
Width approx 4.25 in / 10.8 cm
Provenance: Private Midwest collection
This cabinet card photograph depicts White Swan, identified as a Crow scout associated with Custer. He is shown wearing a suit coat and cravat, with “White Swan” written within the image and R. L. Kelly of Pierre, Dakota, identified on the mount. The photograph should be presented as a named Crow portrait with clear Plains attribution.
Cabinet cards were mounted photographs widely collected in the late nineteenth century as portrait and documentary images. The formal studio presentation emphasizes the sitter’s face, clothing, and direct presence rather than a staged outdoor setting. As a named Crow subject, the photograph carries stronger historical specificity than a general Native American cabinet card.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
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