Chief Seattle, 1866
Title
Chief Seattle , 1866
Identifier
spl_shp_14733
Description (transcribed from original)
Transcribed from photograph : "Seattle . Portraits . Seattle , Chief of the Suquamish and allied tribes , 1786?-1866 "
Subjects (LCSH)
Seattle, Chief, 1790-1866 Suquamish Indians--Washington (State)--Seattle Seattle (Wash.)--Biography--Portraits
Photographer
Sammis, E.M.
Date Created
1866
Decade
1860-1869
Notes
Printed on recto : "The original from which this photograph was made , was taken in 1866 by Richard Sam[m]is a few months before Chief Seattle's death , at the instigation of C.B . Bagley . About 1907 it was enlarged and retouched by James A. Wehn (a drape and a grecian urn were eliminated from the background and a cane removed from the Chief's hands. " Handwritten on recto : "E.M . Sammis acc . to article in Seattle Sun , March 1 , 1978. "
Type
image
Local Type
photographs
Digital Measurements
13.92 x 24.52 cm
Digitization Specifications
Master images scanned on Epson 10000 XL flatbed at 600 ppi, 24 bit color, and saved as TIFF files. Adobe Photoshop used to resize images to 300 ppi and convert to JPEG format. Master file size: 57,144,744 bytes.
Digital Collection
Seattle Historical Photograph Collection
Rights and Reproduction
For information about rights and reproduction, visit http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/rights
Date Digital
2012-10-28
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