You Pick The Image - We Print it, Frame It, Ship It - Direct To You
In our store, we offer other images, sizes and framing options. Send us a message and we will be happy to accommodate your request.
Item specifics:
* The photograph will be printed on Archival Photo Paper
* Mounted on a backboard
* Matted with a white 2" wide mat
* Covered with non-glare glass
* Framed in a Mahogany frame with a classic 1 1/2" bead on the inside edge
* With matting and framing, your 11” x 14” image measures 18” x 21”. (see images for other sizes and dimensions)
* It will be carefully wrapped and shipped UPS next business day.
Why Choose Us? We provide quality images with colors that are historically accurate. Our goal is for each image to look as if it had been taken today.
How Do We Do It? We start by digitally removing the image of damage to create a "clean" image.
How Do We Select The Colors? We scour documents for descriptions. We search museum collections for reference items. We seek advice from experts in their fields.
Why add Color? Hand tinting images has been popular from the beginning of Photography. Color brings out previously unnoticed details.
The Past Was Lived In Color - We Want To See It In Color
Image Source - This is an original, period image from the Library of Congress, the National Archives or other quality sources. It has been restored and tinted by the internationally known color artist and author of "Restoring and Tinting Vintage Images", David Richardson.
Return Policy - This is a custom item that is being handcrafted for your order. For that reason we are unable to accept returns unless there is an issue with condition or description of the item.
Sitting Bull was 30 at the start of the Civil War and was living in the Dakota territory. While war raged in the East there was settlers arriving and living in Dakota. In 1862 when the Indians killed 300-800 of the settlers the U.S. Army broke off several thousand soldiers from other war related duty to respond in 1863.
The following year, 1864, Sitting Bull, along with two others, led a group of Indians in defending against an attack by General Sully and more than 2,000 soldiers at Killdeer mountain. While ultimately defeated in the battle, the Native Americans had already become a problem for the U.S. siphoning off soldiers from the Civil War.
Following the Civil War, Sitting Bull continued with raids on other Indian groups as well as U.S. settlers in the area. The culmination of this activity resulted in Custer's last stand in 1876. Sitting Bull avoided capture for another five years, finally surrendering in 1881. In 1885, he was allowed to leave the reservation and travel with Buffalo Bill as a performer in his Wild West show for four months. Afterwards he returned to the reservation.
In 1890, the Indian agent at the reservation suspected that he was preparing to flee and organize another resistance. He ordered Sitting Bull arrested and in the struggle Sitting Bull was killed.
Born William Cody in 1846, by the start of the Civil War Buffalo Bill was only 15 and had already been working as a Pony Express rider for a year. With the end of the Pony Express, he attempted to enlist in the Army but was denied due to his age. In 1863, when he turned 17, he enlisted as a private. Cody served as a teamster in the 7th Kansas Cavalry, which participated in a few skirmishes in Missouri and Kansas prior to his discharge in 1865.
Following the war he became a scout, ultimately earning the Medal of Honor for service in 1872. While the medal was recalled in 1917, it was posthumously granted to him in 1989. Later in 1872, he began performing in early wild west shows forming his own troupe in 1883. His wild west shows remained popular for decades and traveled the world featuring legends of the west such as Annie Oakley and both cowboys and Native Americans. He died in 1917 and is buried near Golden, Colorado.