Three Shivwits Indian Men Posing on Wooden Structure

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Identifier 122
Source 122.TIF
Title Three Shivwits Indian Men Posing on Wooden Structure
Subject Indians of North America -- Utah; Paiute Indians -- Utah; Presbyterian Church in Utah; Presbyterians -- Utah; Shivwits Band of Paiute Indians; Shivwits Indian Reservation (Utah)
People Old Snow; Mustash, Frank (see Frank Mustash); Shem
Spatial Coverage Santa Clara (Utah); Washington County (Utah); Shem (Utah)
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Further Information There are two postcards of the same photograph that exist in the Westminster College Archives. The first postcard has the names of the three Shivwits Indian men written on the front: "Old Snow [,] Shem [,] Mustach [sic]." On the back of this postcard is written in black ink, "Old Snow is said to have been at the Mountain Meadows Massacre on Sept 1857. He sometimes talks about it. He is said to be 87 yrs. old. Shem (once chief) a good character [.] Frank Mustash an amiable, helpful man. He is the policeman of the village." The second postcard contains the following information: on front, written in black ink, are the names of the men; "Snow [,] Shem [,] Mustash." On the back is written, "Three notables "Old Snow" "Shem" and "Frank Mustach [sic] Shivwits Indians. Shivwits Agency Santa Clara Washington Co., Utah. Photo May 21st 1920." Imprinted on the back of both postcards is the following: "Post Card," next to "AZO [encircling] Place Stamp Here" in the top right hand corner. The back is separated into two sections by two format headings. The heading on the left is "Correspondence," the heading on the right is "Address."
Creator AZO
Funding The Westminster College digital archives project is partially funded by the Masonic Foundation of Utah.
Publisher Westminster College
Date 1920-05-21
Type Image
Format image/jpeg
Language eng
Coverage 1920-05-21
Rights Management Digital image copyright 2006, Westminster College. All rights reserved.
Holding Institution Westminster College
Source Physical Dimensions Archival TIFF 3000 x 4600
Source Resolution 400ppi
Display Dimensions JPEG: 650 x 1000
Bit Depth 8-bit
Scanning Device Epson Expression 836 XL flatbed scanner
ARK ark:/87278/s6vq67k9
Setname wc_pc
ID 1094298
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vq67k9