Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth)

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Dates:
Birth 1856
Death 1926
Americans
English

Biographical notes:

Photographer of North American Indians.

From 1908-1917, Joseph Kossuth Dixon led three expeditions sponsored by Rodman Wanamaker to American Indian reservations in the west. The purpose of these expeditions was to document Indian culture through photography, and in so doing to promote the campaign to make them citizens.

From the description of Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Edward E. Ayer, Chicago, Ill., 1914 Feb. 11. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 36836646

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Subjects:

  • Ethnological expeditions
  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Manuscripts, American
  • Photographers
  • Indians of North America

Occupations:

  • Photographers

Places:

  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
  • West (U.S.) (as recorded)