Edward S. Curtis photograph collection [picture]. [1906]

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Edward S. Curtis photograph collection [picture]. [1906]

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Collection contains toned, platinum prints (9) by Edward S. Curtis of Southwestern Indian subjects. These or very similar images are reproduced in his "North American Indian" and the numerous reprintings and volumes about Curtis's work. Most are signed and all bear the imprint the the Curtis Studio in Seattle. Print titles are: "White House Ruins--Canyon de Chelly," "Six Girls at Hopi, "Cliff Pueblo at Hopi," "Three Girls on Hopi Stairway," "Indians Entering Kiva," "Navajo Blanket Weaver," "Four Girls by Pool at Hopi," "Five Girls by Pool at Hopi," and "In Hopi."

9 photographic prints ; 7.75 x 6 in.

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Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952

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Edward Sheriff Curtis, American photographer and ethnologist, was born near Whitewater, WI, in 1868 and grew up in Seattle, WA. Fascinated with the Indians and their way of life he embarked on lifelong career dedicated to presenting "the very spirit of the Indian peoples" in photographs, film, recordings and print. George Bird Grinnell, an authority on Indians, appointed him Official Photographer to the Harriman Alaska Expedition in 1899. Curtis' dream of a comprehensive written and photographic...