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A black-and-white photograph of an Indigenous man dressed in a suit, seated at a desk between two flags and under a portrait of President Eisenhower.
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Sam Ahkeah, Chairman of the Navaho Tribal Council

Laura Gilpin (1891-1979)

Object Details

  • Date

    1953, printed 1955

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Gelatin silver print

  • Dimensions

    Image: 10 3/4 x 12 7/8 in.
    Mount: 19 9/16 x 15 13/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Mount, Recto:

    l.r. signed in graphite: Laura Gilpin \ 1955

    mount verso:

    u.l. [stamp] : LAURA GILPIN \ BOX 1173, SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO

    u.l. in ink: Sam Ahkeah \ Chairman. Tribal Council 1947-1955

    u.c. on blue paper label: [typed]: No. [in graphite]: 74 \ SAM AHKEAH, CHAIRMAN OF THE \ NAVAHO TRIBAL COUNCIL FROM \ 1947-1955, ACCOMPLISHED A \ GREAT DEAL FO [sic] HIS PEOPLE. ON \ GIVING HIM A WORD OF APPRECIATION \ OF THIS, HIS REPLY WAS "I THINK \ I HAVE WAKED THE PEOPLE UP TO X [sic] \ WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR THEMSELVES." \ IN HIS OWN FEW WORDS HE CERTAINLY \ SUMMED UP HIS ADMINISTRATION \ FOR THE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT \ OF THE NAVAHO PEOPLE UNDER HIS \ ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN VERY REMARKABLE.

  • Collection Name

    Laura Gilpin Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Bequest of the artist

  • Accession Number

    P1979.128.413

  • Copyright

    © 1979 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

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