A smiling woman in Native American attire holds a sleeping baby that is secured in a cradleboard. The woman wears a dress with abstract patterning on its surface and fringes at its edges. Around her forehead she wears a beaded headband with an attached feather. She wears round earrings and has beaded accessories in her braided hair. Partially visible in the background of the image is an individual, horse, and tipi.
A smiling woman in Native American attire holds a sleeping baby that is secured in a cradleboard.

Lee D. Drake (1882-1957) photographs, ca. 1910-1957

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Lee D. Drake (1882-1957) was a newspaper owner and civic booster in Pendleton and Astoria, Oregon. The collection includes Drake’s amateur work and that of professional photographers from the Pendleton region, capturing images of the Pendleton Round-up, tribal peoples of the region, and Drake friends and family.

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