Group of seated Piegan Blackfeet men and woman listening to a man wearing ceremonial headdress, Glacier National Park, Montana (AL+CA 3435)

This image was used for the photogravure print that appears with the caption: A council of the Blackfeet Indians. Lake McDermott Country, Glacier National Park, Montana. See America First. See America First. Also printed with the "See American First" Great Northern Railway National Park Route logo.

PH Coll 465.6

These images were almost certainly made between the years 1912 and 1915, when the Great Northern Railway was encouraging tourism through the "See America First- Great Northern Railway - National Park Route" promotional campaign. Louis W. Hill, President of the Great Northern, was eager to promote tourism in the newly created Glacier National Park, primarily because his was the only rail line servicing the area. As part of this effort, he created an extensive promotional campaign that attached the Great Northern Railway logo and branding to the "See America First" slogan first espoused by Stanford Harris of Salt Lake City from 1905-1909.

Subjects (LCTGM): Piegan Indians--Clothing & dress--Montana; ; Headdresses; Leather garments; Buckskins;; Piegan Indians--Structures--Montana; ; Tipis--Montana; Indian encampments--Montana;

Subjects (LCSH): Ethnic costume--Montana--Glacier National Park; Glacier National Park (Mont.); ;