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English: Part of a series of pictures depicting Frances Densmore at the Smithsonian Institution in 1916 during a recording session with Blackfoot chief Mountain Chief for the Bureau of American Ethnology.


Library of Congress caption: "Piegan Indian, Mountain Chief, listening to recording with ethnologist Frances Densmore, 2/9/1916."

National Geographic caption: "This 1916 image of Frances Densmore and Blackfoot leader Mountain Chief listening to a cylinder recording has become a symbol of the early songcatcher era."
Français : Extrait d'une série de photos représentant Frances Densmore à la Smithsonian Institution en 1916 lors d'une session d'enregistrement avec le chef de la montagne Blackfoot pour le Bureau of American Ethnology.
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Frances Densmore using cylinder phonograph to record Mountain Chief, 1916

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