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1. L.R.298.b.2, 1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(1)
Title:
The vanishing race — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of Navaho on horseback, seen from the rear: 'The thought which this picture is meant to convey is that the Indians as a race, already shorn of their tribal strength and stripped of their primitive dress, are passing into the darkness of an unknown future. Feeli...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(2)
Title:
Geronimo — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of the Bedonkohe Apache war leader Geronimo (c.1823-1909): 'This portrait of the historical old Apache was made in March, 1905. According to Geronimo's calculation he was at that time seventy-six years of age, thus making the year ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 1(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(3)
Title:
Desert rovers — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of five Apache on horseback in a desert landscape: 'The White Mountain Apache and the desert portion of their country. The picture was made on a gray day of early spring, when the Apache wear blankets, as a protection against the keen air of their mountain home.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 1(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(4)
Title:
Apache-land. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group of three Apache women on horseback in a desert valley: 'Apache horsewomen in a small valley of the White Mountain region. The horses are laded with the completed camp equipage, on top of which the women have taken their seats.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 1(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(5)
Title:
Alchisé — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Three-quarter length standing half-profile portrait of the Apache chief Alchisé. ‘Chief of the White Mountain Apache. A well-known character, having been a scout with General Crook. Colonel Cooley, who was chief of scouts under Crook, says a braver man than Alchisé n...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 1(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(6)
Title:
Sígesh — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Half-length profile portrait of Sígesh, an Apache girl: ‘This illustrates the girls’ method of tying the hair previous to marriage. The ornament fastened to the hair in the back is made of leather, broad and round at the ends and narrow in the middle.’
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 1(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(7)
Title:
The Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length standing rear view of an Apache man posed at the edge of a river: 'This picture might be titled 'Life Primeval.' It is the Apache as we would mentally picture him in the time of the Stone Age. It was made at a spot on Black river, Arizona, where the dark,...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 1(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(8)
Title:
The Apache Reaper. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of an Apache woman reaping wheat in a field, her back to the camera: 'Here the Apache woman is seen in her small wheatfield harvesting the grain with a hand sickle, the method now common to all Indians of the Southwest.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 1(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(9)
Title:
The Storm — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View from a low perspective of four Apache on horseback, outlined against an overcast sky: 'A scene in the high mountains of Apache-land just before the breaking of a rainstorm.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1906
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 1(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(10)
Title:
Getting water — Apache. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of an Apache woman collecting water from a river, with two horses in the background: 'A picture made in early spring on the banks of White river, Arizona. The water bottle is the typical Apache one of basketry covered with piñon gum.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

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