MS 7534 Calendar for 1935 with Winold Reiss painting of Yellow Kidney
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7534
name: label: Creator
content: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
label: Artist
content: Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953
label: Names
content: Yellow Kidney (Blackfoot)
place: label: Place
content: North America
creator: label: Creator
content: Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
label: Artist
content: Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953
culture: label: Culture
content: Niitsitapii (Blackfoot/Blackfeet)
bioghist: label: Biographical Note
content: Winold Reiss (1886-1953) was a German-born American artist who specialized in portraits of Native Americans. After attending art school in Munich, he immigrated to the United States in 1915 and began drawing pastel portraits of members of the Blackfoot tribes. In addition, Reiss drew portraits of workers and revolutionaries in Mexico as well as residents of Harlem in New York City. Reiss was also commissioned to draw portraits of Native Americans for Great Northern Railway calendars.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (calendar, color lithograph, 16 x 33 inches)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934
container: label: Container
content: Folder 7534
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: The calendar was donated by Ralph W. Susman, of Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was sent to JoAllyn Archambault on November 5, 1993, and transferred to the National Anthropological Archices on December 8, 1993.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7534
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Graphic Materials
label: Type
content: Works of art
label: Type
content: Lithographs
label: Type
content: Calendars
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Works of art
label: Genre/Form
content: Lithographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Calendars
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection consists of one (1) wall calendar for the year 1935 published by the Great Northern Railroad.  The calendar is illustrated with a print from an original painting by Winold Reiss of the Blackfoot man Yellow Kidney.

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relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Additional artwork by Winold Reiss can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 77-15, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 87-2P, and the Acee Blue Eagle Papers.