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1. 1781.b.39, 17(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.b.39, 17(49)
Title:
Study of prickly pear orchard and camels, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative, 'Frith 150.' Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a group of baggage camels, posed in front of a large patch of prickly pear cactus. Of the camels, the writer remarks: 'That in the centre of the picture is one of the most satisfactory represenatations o...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1857
Extent:
1 item

2. L.R.298.b.2, 2(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(40)
Title:
Saguaro Harvest — Pima. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of two Pima with baskets beside a giant cactus in a desert landscape in Arizona. 'The fruit of the saguaro, or giant cactus, called hásen by the Pima, forms a very important source of the food supply of the tribes of southern Arizona. This fruit is of about the ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

3. L.R.298.b.2, 2(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(44)
Title:
The Pima woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Full-length outdoor portrait of a Pima woman, shown holding a basket and standing in front of a giant cactus: 'This picture gives also an idea of the size attained by the giant cactus, or saguaro.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

4. L.R.298.b.2, 2(49)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(49)
Title:
Gathering hánamh — Papago. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of a Pima woman gathering fruit from a tall cactus. 'Hánamh is the Piman name for the cholla cactus and its fruit. The natives gather the fruit of this spiny plant in large quantities, and it forms a food of material importance to the several tribes living withi...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

5. L.R.298.b.2, 2(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(55)
Title:
Resting in the harvest field — Qahátika. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of three Qahátika women, seated cross-legged in a field of cacti at the base of a rocky hill: 'About forty miles due south of the Pima reservation, in five small villages, one sees a type of the true desert Indian — the Qahátika. When or why they separated from...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

6. L.R.298.b.2, 2(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 2(69)
Title:
Saguaro fruit gatherers — Maricopa. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of three Maricopa women in the desert next to a giant cactus, bearing wide baskets to collect its fruit: 'Like their Piman neighbours, the Maricopa gather large quantities of the fruit of the saguaro, or giant cactus, which they relish in its natural state as we...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1907
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 146/1(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(54)
Title:
Bombay Harbour, Mandwa. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
A weekend bathing camp, a stone's throw from the sea, by a clump of cactus. Sahib takes his ease whilst tiffin is being prepared. Mandwa Beacon. No negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 146/1(81)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(81)
Title:
Alibagh, Konkeshwar, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography A footpath leading from the hill down to the Rewas - Alibagh road. A snaky way. The snakes use the cactus prickles when sloughing off their old skins. Getting a good hook on somewhere about the end of the tail, thay wriggle out of their discarded overcoat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1161(149)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1161(149)
Title:
Cactus-Gewächse auf Jamaica. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of a road running between tall cactus plants, with two Jamaican figures standing in the middleground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 item

10. Wf1/4620(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Wf1/4620(10)
Title:
Study of prickly pear orchard and camels, Cairo. Photographer: Frith, Francis
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Frith 150' in the negative. Genre: Landscape Photography View of a group of baggage camels and keepers in a cactus grove: 'In the outskirts of Cairo, especially on the north, there are large thickets of the cactus which produces the prickly pear. We rarely, however, have s...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1857
Extent:
1 item