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Native Americans of Lemhi County |
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"Lemhi.
Chief.
Tindoor",
ca.
1897
Item
from
Record
Group
75:
Records
of
the
Bureau
of
Indian
Affairs,
1793
-
1989
| Source: | Still
Picture
Records
LICON,
Special
Media
Archives
Services
Division
(NWCS-S),
National
Archives
at
College
Park,
8601
Adelphi
Road,
College
Park,
MD
20740-6001
PHONE:
301-837-3530,
FAX:
301-837-3621,
EMAIL:
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These
photographs
have
been
identified
by
Joanna
Scherer
as
taken
by
Benedicte
Wrensted,
whose
photographic
studio
was
located
in
Pocatello,
Idaho.
Ms.
Scherer
is
an
Anthropologist
who
was
working
on
the
Smithsonian
Institution's
,
Handbook
of
North
American
Indians
Project.
Wrensted
learned
photography
from
her
aunt
in
Denmark
in
the
1880's
and
had
a
studio
in
Horsens,
Denmark
for
about
four
years.
Wrensted
came
to
the
United
States
from
Denmark
in
1894,
moved
to
Pocatello,
and
purchased
the
studio
of
A.B.
Hower
in
1895.
She
continued
to
photograph
members
of
the
local
community
and
Native
Americans
until
1912,
when
she
moved
to
California. |
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