He was also a prisoner of war at this time and was rented out by the office of Indian affairs for events, like parades and fairs.
was rented out by the office of Indian affairs
Didn't know this. Words escape me.
He participated in a parade in Washington in relation to Roosevelt's second inauguration. This landed him an audience with the President, in which he asked for the pardon of himself and his fellow prisoners of war. Roosevelt rejected him personally.
He was happy to parade him in front of the nation as a symbol of national unity though.
Google is being real dumb and not finding anything on this. You gotta source I could read? Would love to read it
This is really cool! I've heard about Geronimo my whole life, but have never seen a picture of him. GERONIMO!
It’s weird when you zoom in it looks almost more like a piece of art than a photograph.
I suspect it could be from an old postcard, which might indeed have had some artistic retouching done to improve upon the original photograph. If so, the version hosted on Wikimedia might be more true to the original. :)
