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Two Indian women belonging to the tribe of Seneca's standing in front of a house in the Tuscarora Reservation
Two Indian women belonging to the tribe of Seneca's standing in front of a house in the Tuscarora Reservation
Two Indian women belonging to the tribe of Seneca's standing in front of a house in the Tuscarora Reservation
A portrait of two Seneca women, members of Mrs. Mount Pleasant's family, standing in front of a house on the Tuscarora Reservation. One of the women is probably Miss Lay. Photograph taken in 1888 by J. W. Sanborn, a pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church in Lockport, New York. Sanborn gave the photograph to the anthropologist Herman ten Kate in March 1889 who later donated it to the museum. Albumen print.
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albumen print; cardboard
albumen print pasted onto cardboard
Two women, members Mrs. Mount Pleasant's family, standing in front of a house on the Tuscarora Reservation.
According to the museum record one of the girls is probably Miss Lay, Seneca name, Gar-hor-no.
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According to the museum record: "Photographed by J. W. Sanborn, Lockport, NY. Presented to Dr. H. ten Kate with compliments of J. W. Sanborn. March 1889." ten Kate later donated the photograph to the museum