This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Trading Woman Holds Rich Beaded-Buckskin Indian Collection
The exhibit centers on Mrs. Margene Carberry of Linesfoot Nebraska a collector known as Trading Woman. It features 2344 pieces of Indian wear spanning tribes from the Sioux and Meskwaki to Cherokees including a full dress suit of the Ute and a historic regalia worn by Little Plume during Roosevelt era parades. The Smithsonian sought the collection but Carberry refused to sell and insured it for 15900 with guards arranged by Louis W Hill. Seven Blackfoot guests helped supervise the display at the Chicago show and the display includes a string of 150 elk teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiass
Glacier Nacion
Ark
Glacier National Paibooth
Margene Carberry
United Sates Ind
Ion Ames
Mexico
Sisteona
Nebraska
Weomir
Montana
Cermaneche
Wich
Washington
Little Plume
Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institution
Louis W. Hill
Great Northern Railway
Chicago
Lund