Jo Mora collection, 1904-1906.

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Jo Mora collection, 1904-1906.

Mora's photographs of his 1904 trip from San Jose, Calif., through Yosemite National Park, across the Mojave Desert to Keams Canyon, on the Hopi Reservation; the Hopis and Navajos among whom he lived until 1906; his friends, trader Lorenzo Hubbell and painter E.A. Burbank; and the Snell ranch, Calif.

613 photographs (photographic prints and negatives) : b&w ; 5 x 7 cm. and smaller.

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Hubbell family.

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Mora, Jo, 1876-1947

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Artist and author; born in Uruguay. From the description of Jo Mora collection, 1904-1906. (Nogales-Santa Cruz County Public Library). WorldCat record id: 32198340 Joseph Mora, sculptor, painter, illustrator, muralist and author was born in Uruguay in 1876. After moving to the United States, he studied art in the East then worked for Boston newpapers as an artist. In 1904 he moved to Keams Canyon, living with the Hopi and Navajo Indians. He learned the languages, and photogr...

Hubbell, Lorenzo, -1942

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Burbank, E. A. (Elbridge Ayer), 1858-1949

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Artist. Born in Illinois, trained at Old Academy of Design, Chicago (1874) and in Munich, Germany (1886-1892). Nephew of Edward E. Ayer of Chicago, owner of fine private library on Native Americans that was later acquired by Newberry Library. Ayer influenced Burbank to paint Native Americans and West. Herb Hamlin, owner of a Pony Express Museum and editor of "Pony Express Courier," commissioned works from Burbank (1930-1940s) and later acquired many earlier sketches and oils. Burbank wrote "Burb...