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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Breakfast at Chief Quanah Parkers, 1850 - 1900

 Item — Folder Comanche.13: [Barcode: 3.Comanche.13]
Identifier: 4336.3851
Description

Folder 13



Inscription(s)

Inscribed, "Breakfast at Chief Quanah Parkes. Quanah at head of table. Oldest wife at his left, favorite wife at right, other two not down yet." on verso

Dates: 1850 - 1900

Son and last woman, Too-nice, August 8, 1901

 Item — Folder Comanche.12: [Barcode: 3.Comanche.12]
Identifier: 4327.3877
Description This is a photograph of Quanah Parker's little son by his last and favorite wife, Too-nice. Photographer Fred Wenner's little boys were used a decoys to get the others outside in the camera's frame. Too-nice and the child next to her began dodging behind the porch posts before a good photograph could be taken. According to photographer Wenner, "Indian women were always against having their pictures taken, the men never." Folder 12 ...
Dates: August 8, 1901