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1. L.R.298.b.2, 1(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(30)
Title:
At the shrine — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative: 'Copyright 1904 By E.S. Curtis'. Genre: Portrait Photography View of a group of three Navaho with their horses, standing beside a shrine made of stones: 'Scattered about the Navaho reservation are so many cairn shrines. The Navaho, when alone or in parti...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1904
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 1(39)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 1(39)
Title:
Alhkidóhihi — Navaho. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a Navaho sand painting: 'One of the four elaborate dry-paintings or sand altars employed in the rites of the Mountain Chant, a Navaho medicine ceremony of nine days' duration.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 2(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(45)
Title:
Pima ki. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a round adobe hut inhabited by the Pima of south Arizona, with a figure kneeling at the entrance and hills in the background: 'The old-time dwelling of the Piman tribes. In construction it was much the same as the earth lodge of the tribes of the northern pl...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 2(51)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(51)
Title:
Façade — San Xavier del Bac mission. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Side view of the façade of the mission church of San Xavier del Bac, near Tucson, Arizona: 'The Papago are a strong branch of the Piman family living in the narrow valleys of south-central Arizona as far north as Tucson, and the broad desert stretches of norther...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 2(52)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(52)
Title:
Portal — San Xavier del Bac mission. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the main entrance to the mission church of San Xavier del Bac in Arizona. 'San Xavier del Bac is one of the most beautiful of the old Southwestern mission churches. The mission was founded in 1692; the construction of the present church was commenced in ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 2(72)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(72)
Title:
Home of the Havasupai. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of a Havasupai dwelling, with peach trees and a canyon wall beyond. 'The Havasupai dwelling is a dome-shaped framework of poles, sometimes covered with brush and reeds only, in other cases banked well toward the top with earth. The canõn walls shown in the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1903
Extent:
1 item

7. L.R.298.b.2, 3(93)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(93)
Title:
Sioux camp. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of Sioux horsemen encircling a tipi. 'It was customary for a war-party to ride in circles about the tipi of their chief before starting on a raid into the country of the enemy.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

8. L.R.298.b.2, 3(106)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(106)
Title:
The winter camp — Sioux. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a tipi pitched in a snow-filled valley amid bare winter trees: 'With the coming of winter the plains tribes pitched their camps in forested valleys, where they not only were protected from the fierce winds of the plains, but had an ample supply of fuel at ha...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

9. L.R.298.b.2, 3(107)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 3(107)
Title:
An Assiniboin camp. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of four tipis pitched in a line next to woodland: 'In making their camps the Indians often choose most picturesque spots.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1908
Extent:
1 item

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