The powwow : the Fort Dearborn massacre

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Title: The powwow : the Fort Dearborn massacre
Alternative Title: Fort Dearborn massacre
Creator: Glass, F. R. (Frederick Ralph), 1879-1937, artist
Contributor: Century of Progress International Exposition Chicago, Ill.), (1933-1934 : contributor.
Published / Created: [1933]
Copyright Date: ©1933
Publication Place: Chicago and United States Illinois Chicago
Publisher: Black Partridge Pagents, Inc.
Abstract: Print shows the meeting between Captain Nathan Heald and the Potawatomi the day before the massacre at Fort Dearborn; Heald, in uniform, standing beside interpreter (perhaps William Wells) in buckskin, talking with a Potawatomi leader (perhaps Black Partridge), also standing, while others, mostly men, sitting, listen; tipis to the sides of the image; prairie and sky in background
Description: Title from caption below image. Signature of Glass and copyright date within the image.
The original image was a scene from his fifty-foot-long panoramic scene hung at the Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934) in Chicago, Ill.
Extent: 1 print : 17.4 x 23.0 cm, on sheet 21.8 x 28.4 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Lithographs
Portraits
Material: color ;, paper, ink, lithography, and single sided
Resource Type: still image
text
Subject (Geographic): United States
Subject (Name): Heald, Nathan, 1775-1832
Wells, William, 1770-1812
Black Partridge, active 1795-1816
Subject (Topic): Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812
Potawatomi Indians
History
Subjects: Heald, Nathan, 1775-1832 > Pictorial works
Wells, William, 1770-1812 > Pictorial works
Black Partridge, active 1795-1816 > Pictorial works
Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812 > Pictorial works
Potawatomi Indians > History > Pictorial works
United States > History > War of 1812 > Pictorial works

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