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Title: Baptism of Indians by Mormons - St. George, Utah
Creator: Savage, C. R. (Charles Roscoe), 1832-1909
Date Created and/or Issued: 1875
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Photographs
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Title transcribed from item. "Shivwits Indians (a band of the Southern Paiute) being baptized by Mormons in southern Utah, 1875. The man performing baptism is Daniel P. McArthur, President of the St. George, Utah, Stake of the Mormon church. At right with hand on lapel is Sheriff Augustus P. Hardy." - Source: Alfred L. Bush and Lee Clark Mitchell, "The Photograph and the American Indian," p. 55.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Extent: 1 photograph
Identifier: photCL 135
416558
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15150coll2/id/10719
Subject: Paiute Indians
Indians of North America--Great Basin
Baptism--Mormon Church
Photographs. (aat)
Place: St. George (Utah)
Source: Photographs, Huntington Digital Library

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