Van Kirke Nelson photography collection, ca. 1880-ca. 1940.

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Van Kirke Nelson photography collection, ca. 1880-ca. 1940.

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Native Americans, including portraits and the built environment. Some photographs may have been used in the publication Indian Emergency Conservation Work agency's publication Indians at Work. Some images of Arizona and Southwest history, especially as pertain to the Indian wars of the late nineteenth century. Photographers and photofinishers include C.S. Fly, C.C. Pierce, Mullarky, J.R. Willis, and G. Wharton James.

16 photographic prints, 8 x 10 in. or smaller.

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James, George Wharton, 1858-1923

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Lecturer and writer on the Southwest. Author of numerous works, including Picturesque Pala (Pasadena, Calif. : Radiant Life Press, c1916) From the description of Letter : San Diego, Calif., to [Edward E.] Ayer, 1916 June 24. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38133245 George Wharton James was born on September 27, 1858 to a lower class family in Gainsborough, England, and died as a wealthy man on November 8, 1923 in San Francisco, California. He grew up studying literat...

Pierce, C. C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

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Charles C. Pierce migrated to Southern California in 1886 and began his photographic career in Los Angeles. In addition to establishing a studio and selling photographic supplies, Pierce also amassed a vast picture library over the course of three decades. Pierce acquired the negatives and prints of other regional photographers, eradicated their signatures from the prints, stamped his name on the verso of the image, and organized the lot into subject files. Some of the photographers from whom he...

Nelson, Van Kirke.

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Willis, J. R.

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Heard Museum of Anthropology and Primitive Art

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Since its founding in 1929, the Heard Museum, a private nonprofit organization, has grown in size and stature to become recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, world class exhibitions, educational programming and unmatched festivals. It consists of 12 galleries featuring American Indian art and exhibitions, an outdoor sculpture gallery, a world-class museum shop and an outdoor café. Dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art, the Heard successfully presents the...

Fly, C. S. (Camillus Sidney), 1849-1901

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C.S. Fly (1849-1901) was a photographer in the American West. From the description of C.S. Fly photographs of Geronimo, circa 1880s-1890s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 228078986 Photographer, arrived in Tombstone, Arizona in 1879 and established a photographic studio, Fly's Photography Gallery, on Fremont Street. From the description of Fly photograph collection, ca. 1881-1895. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat r...