Portrait of Big Mary, Pleasant Point, 1901
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Eastport photographer Charles E. Brown took the hand-tinted portrait of Big Mary.
She was a Passamaquoddy Indian and the second wife of long-time Passamaquoddy chief Sopiel Selmore.
Other Information
- Title: Portrait of Big Mary, Pleasant Point, 1901
- Creator: Brown, Charles E.
- Creation Date: circa 1901
- Subject Date: circa 1901
- Town: Eastport
- County: Washington
- State: ME
- Media: color enhanced photographic print
- Dimensions (cm): 21 x 16
- Local Code: Photographs--People--S
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Passamaquoddy Tribe--Clothing and dress
Penobscot Tribe--Clothing and dress
Jewelry
Selmore, Mary--Portrait photographs
Indians of North America--Maine--Eastport
People
Selmore, Mary
Selmore, Sophiel
Selmore, Sopiel
Selmore, Sephiel
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