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Original – Hollow Horn Bear (1850 – 1913) was a Brulé Lakota leader, who fought in a number of battles, including that at Little Big Horn. He later testified before the US Supreme Court in the case of Ex parte Crow Dog, rode in the inaugural parades of presidents Roosevelt and Wilson, and was featured on the five dollar bank note and a 1922 US postage stamp.
Reason
Never done this before, but I figured I'd give it a go. Found this a while ago while digging through a few hundred, maybe a thousand or more images from this LOC dump on Commons. Just a visually striking image of the type that made me super interested to figure out who this guy was, and then wound up writing his article, and a then a bunch of related articles. Turns out he wasn't just a native but was widely described as the native par excellence, and often lauded in the period papers for his striking physical appearance and stature (the guy was huge). Wound up being the archetypal physical appearance of a native on the 1922 stamp and the five dollar bill, and would have been notable only for his physical appearance even if he had not done a whole bunch of other really interesting things. The image is a completely unedited scan with the exception of a slight crop to remove artifacts of the original glass negative.
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Hollow Horn Bear
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Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Traditional dress
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Part of the Library of Congress Harris & Ewing collection, almost certainly taken in Washington D. C. in either 1905 or 1913 while Hollow Horn Bear was present for his participation in the respective inaugural parades. Unable to absolutely verify this beyond the context of the biography, and the original LOC description, along with the context of the collection, which is largely made up of period politicians and taken in Washington.
Full support after restoration. --Janke | Talk 06:47, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
⇒ Looks mighty good to me for a century-old photo. Sca (talk) 14:45, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Hollow Horn Bear LCCN 2016858434 (2) (cropped).jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 10:57, 6 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]