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The Old Man comes on the scene

Artist John K. Hillers (American, born Germany, 1843 - 1925)
Dateca. 1875
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 4 3/16 × 6 1/8 inches (10.64 × 15.56 cm)
Mount: 4 7/16 × 7 inches (11.27 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3686
SignedOn mount verso, center, purple label, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHED BY HILLERS."
InscribedOn mount verso, center, purple label, in black type: "Department of the Interior, / U.S. Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mount Region. / J.W. POWELL, Geologist in charge. / INDIANS OF THE COLORADO VALLEY. / U-IN-TATS. / Living in the U-in-ta Valley, on the Western Slope of the Wasatch Mountains, in Utah. / THE OLD MAN COMES ON THE SCENE. / No. 117."
MarkingsOn mount verso, center right, pruple label, in black pen: "107"; On mount verso, right edge, in black pen: "A.S. Heacher / No. 553.".
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DescriptionImage of two women holding hands while sitting on the ground below a tree with bare branches; a man approaches them from the left.
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