Between the Covers

Hardcover. Oblong small octavo. Measuring 7¼" x 5¾". Red leather-grained cloth with "Photographs" in gilt on front board. Contains 11 sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs measuring approximately 4½" x 3½". Caption title as above on first leaf, captions on the versos. Near fine album; photographs with a couple of light creases and wear, mostly near fine.

The images all depict Native Americans, presumably all Ojibwe, many of the men in traditional Native garb, although most of the women are in conventional contemporary styles. They include raising the flag, Native American's parading the flag with a color guard and a bass drum, parading on horseback, Native women with young children and papooses, and Chief Wadena leading his people. Both the town and the county, about 160 miles northwest of the Twin Cities, were named for Chief Wadena.

A small but pleasing collection of Native American images, not without some overtones of irony to the modern sensibility, as the tribespeople celebrate "Independence Day."

Item #437059