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Ta'pit David Slagger [collector].

Henry Red Eagle photographs [3 Posterboards].

Maine. Chief Henry Red Eagle (Henry Perley), 1885 -1972, Algonquin Indian of the Maliseet indigenous people was a Greenville, Maine born actor, entertainer, wilderness guide, and author. Perley became the youngest licensed guide in the state of Maine at the age of 14. Red Eagle was not only a writer but also a performer with the Barnum and Bailey Circus, Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Texas Ranch 99. He entertained at the Chicago World's Fair and barkered at Long Island's Dreamland. He played in silent films alongside the likes of Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish. Image provenance supposedly from the Moosehead Historical Society, Big Moose Mountain, Greenville, ME. Three black and white mounted large format reproduced photographic prints of Henry Red Eagle from different stages of his life.
Read:https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1013&context=mainehistoryjournal // "Henry Red Eagle, Popular Literature, and the Native American Connection to the Maine Woods," Maine History, Volume 43, Number 2 -- Reconstructing Maine's Wabanaki History. Fair. Moderately damaged and stained, chipping, and discoloration, else fair. Black and white photographic images mounted on chip board. 18x24" Item #13935

Price: $200.00