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Collection: 00670 - George William Hill
Folder: 0000.000
Item: 00047
Title: Interior of fort and Indian village beyond looking north, Fort Berthold (D.T.) Stereo No. 34
Date: 1871
Creator: Morrow, Stanley J
Inscription/Marks: [inventory] "Indian Village Fort Berthold, D.T. looking North" No. 34 (Stereo)
Summary: Elevated view of interior of Fort Berthold (D.T.) and the Indian village of earthlodges just beyond the log buildings. A wood sled sits to photo left of log building that has frame for wagon on top and wagon wheels leaning against its side. Fort Berthold was destroyed by the Sioux in 1862. The abandoned Fort Atkinson, located in the same area, was rebuilt and renamed Fort Berthold, usually referred to as Fort Berthold II. In 1870 Fort Berthold Indian Reservation was established and the fort became the agency headquarters.
Red ID: PH_I_152125 Image ID: 109776 Image Notes: 00670-00047

Collection: 00670 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: George William Hill
Date: 1868-1882

Summary: This collection contains seventy-five stereograph scenes photographed by Stanley J. Morrow between 1868 and 1882, six portraits of North American Indians by C. L. Hamilton, Fort Randall (D.T.), and two stereographs by Benjamin Franklin Upton from his series of Indian Portraits and Views. The Morrow stereographs includes views of the Badlands, signers of the Peace Treaty between the Rees, Gros Ventres and Mandans of Fort Berthold and the Sissetons (Sioux) of Fort Totten (D.T.), Yankton and Missouri River scenes and steamboats, Fort Totten and vicinity, Fort Abercrombie, Fort Stevenson, Fort Buford, Fort Berthold, Fort Rice, Fort Sully, Fort Thompson and vicinity, the Cheyenne Agency, Grand River Agency, and Santee Mission. The Upton stereographs show Indian village scenes and portraits. The C. L. Hamilton photographs are mostly full length portraits of Indians who were interned at Fort Randall (D.T.).

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