Susie P. Nelson
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Title
Susie P. Nelson
Description
Susie P. Nelson, wife of Rappahannock chief Otho S. Nelson, wears a finged cloth dress, beaded necklace, and feather and beaded headband in this outdoor portrait taken at a Nanticoke powwow in Delaware in 1927.
The photographer Frederick "Fred" Johnson (1904–1994), of Massachusetts, was a student of the famed anthropologist Frank G. Speck at the University of Pennsylvania. As an anthropologist, archaeologist, linguist, and photographer, he studied American Indians in the eastern United States and Canada.
Creator
Frederick Johnson
Source
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Date
1927
Rights
Information provided with the permission of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution
Coverage
twentieth century
Delaware
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
7" x 5"
Files
Citation
Frederick Johnson, “Susie P. Nelson,” Virginia Indian Archive, accessed March 20, 2023, https://virginiaindianarchive.org/items/show/236.