This stereoview is of an installation at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial Exposition showing life-size facsimiles of the Sioux Chief Gaul and his family. The display represents the Dakota section and contains the explanation under the display, with the number “462”. The right margin of the front says: “1884 New Orleans 1885″
The image shows a large wooden structure in the background. In a hill-like display the middle ground is filled with taxidermied animals, such as deer and buffalo, and with plants. In the foreground are fascimiles of two Sioux, a man and a woman, surrounded by implements of labor and hunting and other artifacts. The title is in the lower part of the display; it states: Sioux Chief Gaul and Family, Dakota Section”
The left margin says: “Centennial Photographic Co. Philad’a, 1876”
Written on the back: “1776 Philadelphia 1876 Centennial Photographic Co. International Exhibition. 1884 New Orleans 1885, Edward L. Wilson. Registered 1884 by the Centennial Photographic Company. Copyrighted 1884.”