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Wyandot Poet Hen-Toh c1909 – Library of Congress

Wyandot Poet Hen-Toh

A stereotypical studio photograph of Walker in Indigenous dress taken by George Bancroft Cornish in 1909, mis-titled “Hen-Tah, Wyandot Chief,” was used for publicity purposes, including as a frontispiece for his book of poems. A copy of the photograph is the sole visual item in the personal papers collection, which is otherwise made up of handwritten, typed and printed textual sources.

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