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Blackfeet Painted Tipi RPPC Browning Montana Magee Native American Real Photo
An outstanding real photo postcard by Thomas B. Magee of Browning, Montana, showing a beautifully painted Blackfeet lodge decorated with rows of pictographic horses and a spotted lower band, with a man in fringed regalia mounted on a tripod effigy and a child standing before the tipi. Browning is the agency town of the Blackfeet Reservation, and Magee is a well-documented early photographer of the Blackfeet people.
- Real photo postcard (RPPC), unused, divided-back era c.1904-1918
- Blackfeet painted tipi with pictographic horse imagery, Browning, Montana
- Blind-stamped photographer's mark: Thos. B. Magee, Browning, Mont.
- Documentary Native American ethnographic subject with strong collector appeal
- Condition: upper-right corner loss, red crayon mark in margin, light edge wear
Condition
Real photo postcard, unused with blank back. Strong contrasty image; corner chipping/loss at upper right, a red crayon mark in upper margin, and light edge/handling wear. Photographer's blind-stamp 'Thos. B. Magee, Browning, Mont.' in lower margin.
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