Joseph K. Dixon photographs from the 1909 Wanamaker Expedition

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Joseph K. Dixon photographs from the 1909 Wanamaker Expedition

1909

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.111

This collection consists of seventeen photogravures from Joseph K. Dixon's 1913 published book, The Vanishing Race. These images are part of the larger work of Rodman Wanamaker in his expeditions (1908-1913) to document the lives and cultures of Native American peoples.

0.25 Linear feet; 17 Photographs

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658114

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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Wanamaker, Rodman, 1863-1928

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Dixon, Joseph K. (Joseph Kossuth)

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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: 3...