Spokane woman named Alice Garry, the first Princess America, stands by a monument to the battle of Spokane Plains, Spokane, Washington, 1925

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Alice Garry, the first Princess America, poses beside a monument, newly unvieled, commemorating the Coeur d'Alene War. She wears a beaded headband and a decorated shawl around her shoulders. Possibly photographed by Frank Guilbert. A plaque is mounted on a large rock. It reads: The battle of Spokane Plains was fought near this spot on September 5, 1858 ? U.S. troops under command of Col. George Wright ? the Allied Coeur d'Alene Palouse and Spokane Indians ??

People: 
Alice Garry
Protocol: 
Spokan Community Public Access, University of Washington Libraries Public Access
Community: 
spoqín (Spokan), University of Washington Libraries
Category: 
Lifeways
Collections: 
American Indians of the PNW (Images)
Original Date: 
1925
Contributor: 
Guilbert, Frank W., d. 1940
Rights: 
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Source: 
Carolyn Geary; University of Washington Libraries; Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Special Collections
Identifier: 
L93-68.11.13
Subject: 
Garry, Alice, Beauty contestants, Spokane Indians--Clothing & dress, Coeur d'Alene War, 1858--Monuments--Washington (State)--Spokane, Coeur d'Alene War, 1858--Commemoration--Washington (State)--Spokane, Inland empire--History
Type: 
Photograph, Image
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Image/JPEG