Stereoview of an illuminated ice sculpture at the Saint Paul Ice Carnival representing two Indigenous persons and animal on a base, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

People:

Henry Hamilton Bennett (photographer)

Title:

Stereoview of an illuminated ice sculpture at the Saint Paul Ice Carnival representing two Indigenous persons and animal on a base, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Date:

circa 1886-1888

Description:

The sculpture depicts what seems to be a man standing, dressed in Indigenous clothing with regalia and tomahawk, and a woman seated on his right side and an animal (dog?) standing on his left. This way of representing an Indigenous couple reflects 19th century settler notions of gender roles. In Indigenous families the woman is the head of the house and would be the one standing, with the man beside her as her equal.

The Saint Paul Ice Carnival, founded in 1886, is now known as the Saint Paul Winter Carnival.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 10.0 x 7.5 cm secondary support: 10.7 x 17.7 cm sheet: 10.0 x 7.5 cm

Reference number:

PH1985:0413

Inscription:

imprinted - PHOTOGRAPHER/H.H. BENNETT/KILBOURNECITY WIS. (printed in black ink, on mount, recto, left edge); ST. PAUL ICE CARNIVAL/1886/1887/1888 (printed in black ink, on mount, recto, right edge); 1542. Indian Family on Ice. Night scene (printed in black ink, on mount, recto, lower right)

Location:

St. Paul; Minnesota; United States;

Subject Descriptive Terms:

night photography

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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