Roland Reed Images 1893-1934.

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Roland Reed Images 1893-1934.

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This collection of 224 images taken by Roland Reed, a photographer who specialized in Native American subjects in the early 20th century, consists of prints, lantern slides, negatives, copy slides, monochrome transparencies, photogravure and hand-colored photographs. The images cover a wide array of subjects, including scenery in Alaska, Minnesota, North Dakota, on various Indian reservations and pueblos, and elsewhere. Also included are Native American people in portraits and in action shots showing them canoeing, fishing, riding horses and engaging in other activities; animals, including bison; and other images. The collection dates from the early 20th century.

224 images.

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Alfred M. Bailey Library

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Reed, Roland, 1864-1934

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Roland W. Reed, photographer, was best-known for his pictures of the North American Indians of Montana and the Northwest. Reed was born on June 22, 1866, in Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and was schooled there until he was 18 years old, when he quit to take an apprenticeship to a carpenter. After completing the apprenticeship, he worked as a carpenter for a decade. It was this work that brought him to the West and Montana, where he became interested in photography. He began to study that art with...