Library of Congress caption: "Piegan Indian, Mountain Chief, listening to recording with ethnologist Frances Densmore, 2/9/1916."
National Geographic caption: "This 1916 image of Frances Densmore and Blackfoot leader Mountain Chief listening to a cylinder recording has become a symbol of the early songcatcher era."
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Frances Densmore using cylinder phonograph to record Mountain Chief, 1916
Bagian dari rangkaian pemotretan pada tahun 1916 di Lembaga Smithsonian. berisi sesi perekaman antara Frances Densmore dengan Mountain Chief, yaitu seorang ketua anggota Blackfoot. Sesi perekaman ini dilakukan untuk Biro Etnologi Amerika.