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Title
G. W. Ingalls and Wovoka, or Jack Wilson, the Paiute Dreamer and originator of the Ghost Dance. Citizen dress, sub-Chief
Date Created and/or Issued
1912
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Photographs
Rights Information
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Description
Title from Ingalls’ original envelope. Further notes by Ingalls on envelope say: "Author of Paiute legends, good cattleman, farmer. Temperance orator - does not gamble, drink whiskey, smoke tob. Photo taken 1912, with G.W. Ingalls." This image published in "Wovoka and the Ghost Dance" by Michael Hittmann (1990); location and date are cited as: "Baptist Church Temperance Society Meeting, Mason, Nevada, 1919." Note that Ingalls dates the image as 1912.
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
1 glass negative; 5 x 7 in.
Identifier
photCL 275
416071
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/10007
Subject
Ingalls, George W., 1838-1921
Wovoka, approximately 1856-1932
Paiute Indians
Indians of North America--Great Basin
Indian agents
Photographs. (aat)
Glass negatives. (gmgpc)
Place
Nevada
Source
Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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