Forward to the Soil Publicity Event
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Material Information

Title:
Forward to the Soil Publicity Event
Series Title:
Claude Matlack Photograph Collection
Creator:
Matlack, Claude Carson ( Photographer )
Publication Date:
Physical Description:
1 black and white photographic print
Physical Location:
Photographic print filed by number in the Matlack collection.

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Reclamation of land
Seminole Indians Rites and ceremonies
Seminole Indians Treaties
Seminoles Indian--Social conditions
Hialeah (Fla.)
Genre:
Photographs
Spatial Coverage:
Florida--Hialeah
Coordinates:
25.8575963 x -80.2781057

Notes

Abstract:
Views of ceremony and participants. -- 1. Tony Tommie and Miami Chamber of Commerce President Lon Worth Crow smoking a "peace pipe." no. 101-30. -- 2. Annie Jumper Tommie using mortar and pestle to make cornmeal, and her son, Tony Tommie, wearing a Plains Indian eagle feather bonnet. no. 111-30. -- 3. Tony Tommie and Miss Miami (Sarah Jane Helliker). He is wearing a Seminole longshirt and a Plains Indian eagle feather bonnet. no. 113-30.The Miami Chamber of Commerce staged a publicity event, Forward to the Soil, to promote sales of reclaimed land, and which took place on the Roselawn Tract, near Hialeah. Without tribal consent, Musa Isle headman Tony Tommie participated in the ceremony, made peace and handed over the Everglades to whites. The rest of the tribe and the U.S. government did recognize his actions. ( en )
General Note:
From the Claude Matlack Photograph Collection at HistoryMiami. Collection No. HMA0362.

Record Information

Source Institution:
HistoryMiami Museum
Holding Location:
HistoryMiami Museum
Rights Management:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Resource Identifier:
Matlack 101-30 ( HistoryMiami )
FI22091411