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Title
Photographs depicting alligator roping and wrestling, 1921-1927.
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Item Details
CreatorMatlack, Claude Carson, 1878-1944.
Dates
Date Created1927
Descriptive InformationFrom Photographs : series 39.; Henry Coppinger, Jr., made alligator wrestling popular. Seminoles learned from him, then made the ritual their own. Tony Tommie (Panther clan) was headman for the Seminole village at Musa Isle. (Headmen were tribal spokesmen, but not chiefs.)
TopicsBillie, Henry Cowboy
Coppinger, Henry, Jr.,--b. 1898.
Tommie, Tony M. B.--d. 1931.
Alligators--Florida--Miami.
Alligator wrestling.
Seminole Indians--Hunting.
Physical Descriptions
Medium6 photos. : black and white; 18 x 13 cm.
Contributing Institutions
Held By FIU
Hosted By Florida International University
Identifiers
Link to Complete Objecthttp://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/CM00300002/00001
Permanent Linkhttp://purl.clemson.edu/80256DCE08F7AF30DC63F9F4ECC4DEEA
Batch ID20200403194624
Rights No known restrictions.
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