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1. L.R.298.b.2, 19(652)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(652)
Title:
As it was in the old days. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Herd of bison grazing and resting on the plains: 'In early days, before white men invaded the Great plains and ruthlessly slaughtered them by the hundreds of thousands, bison were of prime importance to the hunting tribes of the vast region in which those animals had their range. The bison was n...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 19(653)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(653)
Title:
A Wichita. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders left profile portrait of a Wichita man, wearing a war bonnet: 'The Wichita belong to the Caddoan linguistic family and in the earliest historical times lived in the Arkansas valley in the present Kansas. Here they were visited by Coronado and his force of Spaniards in 1541, in...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 19(654)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(654)
Title:
Wichita grass-house. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
General view of a Wichita grass-thatch house: 'The relatively permanent character of the typical dwelling of the Wichita indicates the sedentary life of this tribe. They were farmers in the main, but hunted the buffalo and other game in season.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 19(655)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(655)
Title:
Grass-house ceremony — Wichita. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of dance in progress, with spectators grouped in the shaded stand in the background. The rites attending the building of a grass-house are described in Volume XIX, pages 64-72.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 19(656)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(656)
Title:
Henry — Wichita. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders portrait of an elderly Indian man, wearing spectacles: 'The native names of the Indians are often unpronounceable by untrained white people, who therefore apply such incongruous English names as this and the following.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 19(657)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(657)
Title:
Walter Ross — Wichita. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an Indian man.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 19(658)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(658)
Title:
Story of the Washita. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length portrait of a Cheyenne, seated on the ground and holding a bunch of feathers in his left hand: 'An Old Cheyenne warrior recounts the famous battle of the Washita in 1868, when the tribe was severely defeated by General Custer.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 19(659)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(659)
Title:
On the Canadian River. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Group of three Cheyenne, on horseback in the river shallows: 'The name of the Canadian river was not derived from any association with Canada or the Canadians, but from the Spanish cañada, on account of the high, cut banks of the stream. The Canadian originally divided the lands claimed by the Q...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 19(660)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(660)
Title:
Cheyenne sun-dance lodge. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
General view of the lodge, a large tipi, open-sided on the nearer side, with onlookers gathered in front. For an account of the Sun-dance ceremony and the erection of the lodge among the Southern Cheyenne, see Volume XIX, pages 121-128.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

10. L.R.298.b.2, 19(661)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 19(661)
Title:
Hotamitaye Society, Cheyenne sun-dance. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of group on horseback approaching the camera, the nearest figures carrying bundles of willow branches, as described by Curtis: 'The members of this and other bands, which were created by the Prophet of Cheyenne legend, go to the forest for the poles with which to build the lodge. While in t...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

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