File:Chief Seattle, 1866 - DPLA - 22306fab1e08446b76d0978d57b8a2b3.jpg

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Chief Seattle, 1866 (

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Creator

Sammis, E.M

Title

Chief Seattle, 1866

Description

Transcribed from front of photograph: "Seattle. Portraits. Seattle, Chief of the Suquamish and allied tribes, 1786?-1866." Transcribed from back of photograph: "The original from which this photograph was made, was taken in 1866 by Richard Sam[m]is a few months before Chief Seattle's death, at the instigation of C.B. Bagley. About 1907 it was enlarged and retouched by James A. Wehn (a drape and a grecian urn were eliminated from the background and a cane removed from the Chief's hands." Handwritten on recto: "E.M. Sammis acc. to article in Seattle Sun, March 1, 1978."

Date

1866

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 22306fab1e08446b76d0978d57b8a2b3
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_14733

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