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John Henry Hauberg at Black Hawk Watch Tower, being adopted into Bear Clan of Mesquakies.
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| Title | John Henry Hauberg at Black Hawk Watch Tower, being adopted into Bear Clan of Mesquakies. |
| Date Original | September 2, 1940 |
| Description | Group portrait of Willie Poweshiek, John H. Hauberg and Jim Poweshiek during Hauberg's adoption into the Bear Clan of the Meskwaki (Fox) tribe. The ceremony is taking place at the Black Hawk Watch Tower on the Black Hawk Historic Site in Black Hawk State Park in Rock Island, Illinois. Other individuals are visible in the foreground and background. The Poweshieks and some of the other Meskwaki are wearing feathered headdresses and other regalia. John Hauberg is wearing a suit and tie as well as a roach headdress. |
| Location Depicted | Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois |
| Subject | Poweshiek, Jim
Poweshiek, Willie
Hauberg, John Henry, 1869-1955
Fox Indians
Indians of North America
Clothing & dress
Suits (Clothing)
Headdresses
Men
Black Hawk Watch Tower (Ill.)
Black Hawk State Historic Site (Ill.)
Black Hawk State Park (Ill.)
Rock Island (Ill.)
Group portraits
Portrait photographs
Photographic prints
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| Notes | From the papers of John H. Hauberg, MSS 27, Box 40, Folder 5: "J.H.H. in 1940 at B.H. Watch Tower, being adopted with Bear Clan of Mesquakies. From left to right: Willie Poweshiek, J.H.H., Jim Poweshiek. At Black Hawk State Park, 1940, Labor Day. They braided his scalplock[?]...had him smoke a pipe blowing smoke in 4 directions and all Indians present filed past and shook hands with him." |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Augustana College Special Collections at (309) 794-7643 or specialcollections@augustana.edu |
| Image Number | 27_40_5_58 |
| Repository | Augustana College Special Collections, 639 38th Street, Rock Island, Illinois 61201 |
| Repository Collection | John H. Hauberg Papers |
| Object Description | 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.75 x 4.8 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a photograph scanned at 8-bit grayscale 1200ppi. The master scan is untouched, but this display image was enhanced by adjusting the input level of the shadows from 0 to 100, the midtones from 1.00 to 1.13 and the highlights from 255 to 246 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0. |
| Date Digital | 2003-04-01 |
| File Name | aug27_40_5_58 |
| CD Volume Name | AUGVolume39 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
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