Native American (tribe unknown) girls and boys pose for a panoramic photograph on the lawns of the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Girls in long white shirtwaist dresses sit and stand in small groups; some hold hands in a circle or sit at the edge of a pond. Boys in dark pants and white shirts sit on a walk near the edge of the pond. Shows three story brick buildings with cupolas, dormer windows and rusticated stone trim. Smaller residential houses flank the larger buildings. An American flag flies from a wooden gazebo in the center of the lawn. Girls in white dresses stand in the gazebo.
Date
1910
Notes
Condition: soiled, edges torn.; Penciled note on back of print reads: "Copyright 1910. By Collins and Wightman Mt. Pleasant, Mich."; Title inked on front of print.; R7110009861
Description
1 photographic print ; 21 x 94 cm. (8 x 34 in.)
Subject
Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial School--1910-1920.; Indians of North America--Michigan--Mount Pleasant--1910-1920.; Mount Pleasant (Mich.)--1910-1920.; School children--Michigan--Mount Pleasant--1910-1920.; Schools--Michigan--Mount Pleasant--1910-1920.; Students--Michigan--Mount Pleasant--1910-1920.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material
Group portraits.; Panoramic photographs.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
