Photograph
Mr. Bearskin
| Mr. Bearskin, a medicine man, at Lac du Flambeau sitting in front of of a wigwam covered with elm bark. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, first curator of photography at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Caption at bottom left reads: "Lac Du Flambeau Wis." |
| Image ID: | 23743 |
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| Creation Date: | date unknown |
| Creator Name: | Kingsbury, Arthur J., Antigo, Wisconsin |
| City: | Lac du Flambeau |
| County: | Vilas |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Vanderbilt, Paul : Paul Vanderbilt papers, 1942-1990 (bulk 1954-1990) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | M94-200 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 3.25 inches |
| On the lower left of the photograph: X4-4. This is similar to the number on Image ID: 23744, by Arthur J Kingsbury (1875-1956), a photographer in Antigo WI from at least 1911-1928. On Ancestry.com in the 1937 Indian Census Roll taken by the U.S. Department of the Interior, there is a "Big Pat Bearskin" on the Lac du Flambeau reservation. It says he was born in 1846, is age 90, a full-blooded Chippewa, widowed, enrolled at Lac du Flambeau, receiving Allotment 27, living alone. |
| Trees |
| Ethnic architecture |
| Clothing |
| Housing |
| Lac du Flambeau |
| Ojibwa Indians |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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