Original 1947 AP Wirephoto showing Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, smoking a ceremonial peace pipe in Washington after being made an honorary chief of the Ottawa Indian Tribe of Michigan. At left is Chief Pi-Pi-Qua of Harbor Springs, Michigan, also known as Fred Ettawageshik. According to the original AP caption, Nimitz received the tribal name Chief Be-Ka-Na-Ge, translated there as "the winner." Photograph and separate original AP caption are mounted together on black archival paper with period tape. Overall size approximately 8¼ x 8¼ inches, with expected age and newsroom/archive handling wear. Came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
