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31. L.R.298.b.2, 8(276)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(276)
Title:
Spearing salmon — Wishham. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
The nature of the shore [of the Columbia river] and the height of the water level sometimes combine to make dip-netting impossible. Recourse is then had to the double-pointed spear, the socketed barbs of which are connected to the shaft by strong cords, so that when a fish is struck and its stru...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

32. L.R.298.b.2, 8(277)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(277)
Title:
The fish carrier — Wishham. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a woman standing on the bank of the Columbia river, her basket of fish slung on her back: 'From the fishing station the salmon are carried to the house, distant perhaps a quarter of a mile or more, in an open-meshed bag (ihlkabenih) borne on the back and supported by means of a tump-...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 item

33. L.R.298.b.2, 8(285)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(285)
Title:
The Columbia near Wind River. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of the long canoe beached beside the river, with rocks in the background: 'The Chinookan tribes of the Columbia obtained their canoes for the greater part from the coast tribes of Washington. The woman in the picture [seated in the canoe] is the daughter of the former Cascade chief Tamahl, ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

34. L.R.298.b.2, 8(287)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(287)
Title:
Evening on the Columbia. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View looking across the Columbia river towards a cloud-swathed spur of the Cascade mountains beyond.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

35. L.R.298.b.2, 8(292)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(292)
Title:
On the beach — Chinook. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of an elderly Chinook woman, holding a woven basket and staring into the distance: 'An old Chinook woman with staff and clam-basket makes her way slowly over the mud flats of the southern end of Shoalwater bay, in Washington. Chiish, Burden-basket (Catherine Hawks), is one o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

36. L.R.298.b.2, 8(261)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(261)
Title:
Watching for the signal — Nez Percé. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Portrait of two braves on horseback against a black sky, similar in style to the preceding image.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

37. L.R.298.b.2, 8(289)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(289)
Title:
On Klickitat River (a). Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View on the river, with a canoe in the foreground: 'Klickitat river flows through what was the territory of the Klickitat, a bold, roving, gypsy-like group of Shahaptian bands. See volume VII, page 37. The picture, which shows one of a succession of of beautiful scenes near the mouth of this str...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

38. L.R.298.b.2, 8(290)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 8(290)
Title:
On Klickitat River (b). Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Low-key image of a canoe being paddled on the river.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

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