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| Title | Henry R. Porter portrait |
| Date of Original | 1898-06-28 |
| Description | Dr. Henry R. Porter poses for a full length portrait wearing western clothing. He wears a hat, embroidered shirt, leather coat and gloves, and fringed buckskin pants. He leans on a rifle. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | Medicine
People
Portraits
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Hats
Leather garments
Rifles
Portrait photographs
Physicians
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| Personal Name | Porter, Henry R., 1848-1903
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| Decade | 1890-1899
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| Item Number | 00264-027 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Relation | [Is Part Of] George H. Fairchild Papers Mss 10227 |
| Biography/History | Henry R. Porter was born in New York state in 1848. He was educated at a seminary before attending medical school. He graduated from Georgetown University with his M.D. in 1872. That year, we was appointed as an acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army, and was assigned to Arizona, where he served as doctor during battles with Apache Indians. He was transferred to Camp Hancock, in Bismarck, Dakota Territory in 1873, where he was post surgeon. He went to the Little Bighorn with Custer and the 7th Cavalry, and was the only surgeon to survive the battle. He would return to settle in Bismarck. He served in a variety of positions in North Dakota: on the board of the State Hospital in Jamestown, County Physician of Burleigh County, surgeon for the Northern Pacific Railroad, Superintendent of the Burleigh County Board of Health, and president of the state medical society. |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | George Fairchild Photograph Collection 00264
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult http://history.nd.gov/archives/manuscripts/inventory/10227.html |
| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00264-027) |
| Rights Management | Copyright transferred to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. |
| Digital ID | sh00264027 |
