From our collection of old postcards, another in a series of cards published by the Great Northern Railway featuring Native Americans. This card is Winold Reiss's portrait of Wades-In-The-Water, Blackfoot Indian Chieftain.
Previous posts in this series ...
Introduction and card featuring Angry Bull
Julia-Wades-In-The-Water
Mountain Flower
Middle Rider
Thank you for stopping by John's Island.
I bet this postcard was a BIG seller!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful native card.
ReplyDeleteHello John, greetings and good wishes.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card with fascinating colors.
This is a treasure.
Best wishes
Such character in that face! This is an awesome card, John. We were in Montana last summer, so saw some of the Blackfoot area.
ReplyDeletegosh, that's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYou have some great postcards. This one is wonderful.
ReplyDeletewow! the colors snap. Oh how the original must look.
ReplyDeleteI had to chuckle. Many moons ago. I had my first Indian boyfriend who was Indian. His dad was chief. I got o meet him. And he wore that outfit.
ReplyDeleteThe wife made me a necklace . Being so young. I never wore it. I was
more interested in her handsome son.
You have some fantastic postcards the one you posted yesterday was really good to x
ReplyDeleteVery handsome chief. I think the artist did a great job of capturing his regal demeanor. :-)
ReplyDeleteHe has a nice head-dress!
ReplyDeleteA colorful chief. You certainly have a wonderful post card collection.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful postcard! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat old postcard. The portrait of the chief is marvelous.
ReplyDeleteThe details and colors are intricately done.
ReplyDeleteI really like this artist because he has such lovely, detailed work in his portraits.
ReplyDeleteWe have a major collection of postcards going up for auction this coming this May if your interested including many Winhold Reiss Cards. Here is a link to our website if you'd like to find out more about us http://holabirdamericana.com
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