Frank R. Scherer photograph of President Calvin Coolidge and Piegan group
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 92-42
name: label: Creator
content: Scherer, Frank R.
label: Names
content: White House (Washington, D.C.)
label: Names
content: Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Blackfoot
place: label: Place
content: Washington (D.C.)
creator: label: Creator
content: Scherer, Frank R.
culture: label: Culture
content: Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan)
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Great Plains
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Frank R. Scherer (d. circa 1959) was a commercial photographer in Washington, DC who photographed government officials and government agencies and did some work for the White House. The Piegan group were passing through Washington, DC, on a trip to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's 100th anniversary exhibition and pageant at Halethorpe, Maryland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (silver gelatin)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1927
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Chaske Wicks through JoAllyn Archambault, 1991.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.92-42
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Panoramic photograph depicting Piegan men, women, and children with President Calvin Coolidge on the White House lawn on September 17, 1927. Two Guns White Calf, a Piegan chief who headed the delegation, is among those pictured. Most of the Piegan men and some of the women are depicted wearing headdresses.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Library of Congress holds additional photographs by Frank R. Scherer.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs of Two Guns White Calf, made in Baltimore in 1927, held in National Anthropological Archives MS 4720.