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Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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Indians -- North America -- Plains -- 1800s

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Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas

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Title
Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas
Additional title: Big Elk, chief of the Omahas.
Names
Lehman & Duval Lithrs. (Lithographer)
King, Charles Bird, 1785-1862 (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Indians -- North America -- Plains -- 1800s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1836 - 1844
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor-P 18
Topics
Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- 1800-1899
Tribal chiefs -- United States -- 1800-1899
Big Elk, -1853
Omaha Indians -- 1800-1899
Genres
Portrait prints
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Printed on border: "Lehman & Duval Lithrs. Phila." "Philadelphia Published by E.C. Biddle." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1836 by E.C. Biddle in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the eastern district of Pa."
Source note: History of the Indian tribes of North America with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs : with 120 portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War at Washington. (Philadelphia : Biddle, 1836-1844) Hall, James (1793-1868), Author. McKenney, Thomas Loraine (1785-1859), Author.
Physical Description
Lithographs
Extent: 1 print : col. ; 37 x 30 cm. (14 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17620573
Barcode: 33333159345525
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f7dfdf30-c554-012f-6168-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1836: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1836 - 1844. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b3d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b3d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1836 - 1844). Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b3d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1b3d-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) Ong-pa-ton-ga, or, The big elk, chief of the Omahas, (1836 - 1844) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 16, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

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