[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HILEMAN, Tomar J. (1882-1945), photographer. Turtle. [Kalispell, Montana, ca 1911]. Photograph originally displayed at Hileman's studio.

13 5/8 x 16 3/4 in. silver gelatin print on cardstock mount (few minor surface abrasions, each corner with pinholes/separation; mount with some small separations, creasing, and staining). Portrait numbered "9526" and subject identified "Turtle" on mount recto and verso. Provenance: Acquired in 1990 from the widow of Blackfoot Chief Big Spring, to whom Hileman gave the photograph (consignor note).

Consignor relates that Chief Big Spring was given several photographs when Hileman closed his studio ca 1925. Apparently the photograph featured here was one of many displayed on the walls of Hileman's Kalispell, MT studio so that interested parties could order copies using the numbers and names boldly displayed on the gray mounts.

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American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HILEMAN, Tomar J. (1882-1945), photographer. Turtle. [Kalispell, Montana, ca 1911]. Photograph originally displayed at Hileman's studio.

American Historical Ephemera & Photography

[NATIVE AMERICANS]. HILEMAN, Tomar J. (1882-1945), photographer. Turtle. [Kalispell, Montana, ca 1911]. Photograph originally displayed at Hileman's studio.

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