Ephraim George Squier collection of negatives and photographs

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Ephraim George Squier collection of negatives and photographs

circa 1862-1868

https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAI.AC.041

The Squier collection consists primarily of glass plate negatives made by Squier in the Central Andes region of Peru from 1862 to 1868 while he served as the United States Commissioner to Peru.

312 Negatives (photographic) (black and white); 3 Photographic prints (black and white)

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658167

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

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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888

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Ephraim George Squier (1821-1888) and Dr. Edwin Hamilton Davis (1811-1888) of Chillicothe, Ohio were antiquarian authors who became authorities in the field of Indian antiquities. Mr. Squier was editor of the Scioto Gazette in Ohio when he began investigating the moundbuilders of the Scioto Valley under the tutelage of Dr. Davis, an Ohio physician who wrote for several historical and medical journals. Squier was later appointed Charge d'affaires to Guatemala and other Central American states and...