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The Library of Congress Chief Wolf Robe I claim no rights other than colorizing this image if you wish to use let me know. Title Chief Wolf Robe Summary Photo shows Wolf Robe (1838-1841 to 1910), the Southern Cheyenne chief sometimes believed to be the man whose profile was used on the Indian-head nickel. Here he is wearing a round silver Benjamin Harrison peace medal, which he received from the federal government in 1890 for assisting the Cherokee Commission in negotiations for disposal of land. The Gerhard Sisters photographed him during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Mo., in 1904. Contributor Names Gerhard Sisters, photographer Created / Published c1904. Subject Headings - Wolf Robe,--Chief - Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910 Format Headings Gelatin silver printing-out paper prints--1900-1910. Portrait photographs--1900-1910. Genre Portrait photographs--1900-1910 Gelatin silver printing-out paper prints--1900-1910 Notes - Title from item. - Photo copyright by the Gerhard Sisters, St. Louis, Mo. - Exhibited: "Who's Afraid of Women Photographers?" at the Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France, Oct. 2015-Jan. 2016. Medium 1 photographic print mounted on paper : gelatin silver developing-out paper print ; photo 42.9 x 35.3 cm, on mount 43.7 x 36.1 cm. Call Number/Physical Location LOT 4863, no. 15 [P&P] Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Digital Id ppmsca 39790 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.39790 cph 3a41529 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a41529 Library of Congress Control Number 2011647022 Reproduction Number LC-DIG-ppmsca-39790 (digital file from original photo) LC-USZ62-41200 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication.