Bill Groethe photograph of winter solstice moon over Badlands, South Dakota
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 2002-02
name: label: Creator
content: Groethe, Bill, 1923-
place: label: Place
content: Badlands National Park (S.D.)
creator: label: Creator
content: Groethe, Bill, 1923-
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: William M. Groethe (b. 1923) is a professional photographer from Rapid City, South Dakota, known for his photographs of Mount Rushmore and his portrait of the last survivors of the 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn. Both Rapid City and the state of South Dakota declared September 2, 2009 as William M. Groethe Day in honor of the 61st anniversary of the Little Bighorn photo.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Panoramic print (1 panoramic color print)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1994
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Gift of Amee and Bill Groethe, 1996.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.2002-02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Panoramic print
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Panoramas
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Panoramas
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Signed panoramic photograph entitled "Lakota Moon of the Longest Night" that depicts a full moon rising over several buttes.  According to Bill Groethe, the photograph was made on December 22, 1994 (the winter solstice), 45 minutes after sunset over the Coffin and Cedar Buttes located near the Stronghold Table in Badlands, South Dakota.  The photograph is part of Groethe's series of Lakota seasonal moons.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Groethe's photographs of survivors of the Battle of Little Big Horn held in National Anthropological Archives Photo Lot 92-14.