A cartes de visite which features Native American Wahpeton Dakota Anpetu-Tokeca, also known as John Other Day, a notable figure who played a significant role during the 1862 Dakota War in Minnesota. John Other Day is remembered for his bravery in rescuing sixty-two people during the Indian Massacre and later serving as a scout for Henry Sibley at the Battle of Wood Lake.

He is dressed in formal Western attire, a poignant symbol of the era's intersection between Indigenous cultures and European-American influences. The reverse side of the photograph bears a two-cent revenue stamp, indicative of the period's photography taxation.