Box MS278.02
Container
Contains 1 Result:
16 8x10 black & white prints mounted on mat board and numbered in sequence, plates 1-16. These Educational plates were available for sale to schools & libraries. Some information pertaining to this is given on the back of plate 1. This film featured people from five tribes of Native Americans; Cheyenne, Crow, Blackfoot, Shoshone & Arapahoe. A descriptive text is given below each photograph.
File — Box: MS278.02, Folder: MS278.2.01
Identifier: Folder MS278.2.01
Scope and Contents
Plate 1: In the early spring, on the banks of the Missouri River, adventures wait with their “prairie schooners” until fifty or more wagons had gathered, before starting the 2000 mile trek west.Plate 2: Fifty or more families move in a caravan community of wagons also called prairie schooners with bodies shaped like boats & canvas tops that look like sails from a distance.Plate 3: The geography of the west was mostly unknown at the time and rivers and streams...
Dates:
Created: 1925-1930; Other: Majority of material found in 1925, 1930