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Henry Hamilton Bennett — Big Bear, No. 1131 from the series "Among the Winnebago Indians"

Henry Hamilton Bennett

Big Bear, No. 1131 from the series "Among the Winnebago Indians"

1870

Among Bennett's most important ethnographic photographs, this stereoscopic portrait contributes to the visual record of Winnebago people while exemplifying both the documentary value and problematic aspects of 19th-century anthropological photography.

Medium
Albumen print, stereo

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Spotted works by Henry Hamilton Bennett