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 Indian Family, from Kort abeskrifning om beskrifning om provincien Nya Swerige uit America...[ A short description of the province of New Sweden], by Thomas Campanius Holm, 1702.
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A Native American family, consisting of a man, woman, and child is the subject of this black and white image.

Credit: The Library Company of Philadelphia

The name "Lenni Lenape" literally means "original people." Thomas Campanius Holm, a Swedish artist who never visited America created this image of a Lenni Lenape family based on reports from Swedish traders in the Delaware Valley.

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