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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bosko69, post: 13077420, member: 16283&quot;]<u>NOTE</u>-I do not own this image, <u>just sharing</u>.</p><p>Came across this very striking image yesterday,info below photo:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]558305[/ATTACH]</p><p><i>&quot;The photo is <a href="https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:siris_arc_94056" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:siris_arc_94056" rel="nofollow">found in the National Anthropological Archives</a> maintained by the Smithsonian Institution. The 14.5×6.5-inch photo was captured in 1894, and it shows a Native American girl named O-o-dee of the Kiowa people in the Oklahoma Territory.</i></p><p><i>It’s believed that the photo was captured by a photographer named George W. Bretz who ran a photo studio in Fort Sill, Oklahoma. An album of Bretz’s photos, which includes this smiling portrait, was <a href="https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/george-w-bretz-remarkable-photograph-album-of-kiowa-and-comanche-indians-incl-portraiture-and-parade-scenes-168717" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cowanauctions.com/lot/george-w-bretz-remarkable-photograph-album-of-kiowa-and-comanche-indians-incl-portraiture-and-parade-scenes-168717" rel="nofollow">sold at auction in 2019 for $43,750</a>.</i></p><p><i>As the photo is making the rounds on the Web, people have been commenting on how “modern” and “relatable” the smiling makes the picture look.</i></p><p><i>“Wow, she could totally be an average high school girl dressed up in traditional clothes,” one commenter <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gqdc01/rare_photo_of_someone_smiling_in_the_19th_century/frshyzk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/gqdc01/rare_photo_of_someone_smiling_in_the_19th_century/frshyzk/" rel="nofollow">writes</a>. “Amazing what a smile can do to modernize a picture.”</i></p><p><i>“A smile brings a whole new level of humanity to old photos,” one <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/gqjubu/rare_photo_of_someone_smiling_in_the_19th_century/frtk0ac/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/gqjubu/rare_photo_of_someone_smiling_in_the_19th_century/frtk0ac/" rel="nofollow">writes</a>.&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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