Cliff dwellings, pueblo ruins, & Indian life in the South West
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Description
- Title
- Cliff dwellings, pueblo ruins, & Indian life in the South West
- Creator
- Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920
- Published / Created
- ca. 1899-1903.
- Abstract
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Photograph album created by Sumner Matteson from a selection of his photographs of the Southwest, Montana, and Colorado. The photographs, which are captioned in a typed list that accompanies the album, date from 1899 to 1902, and depict a variety of places and events. The majority of the photographs are of the Hopi Indians, their Snake, Antelope, and Flute ceremonies, kiva interiors, as well as weaving, grinding corn, courting, working in fields, making pottery, and marketing at the Moenkopi, Mishongnovi, Shipolovi and Shongopovi Pueblos. There are also photographs of cliff-dwellings at Mesa Verde and Mancos Canyon, Colorado; Canyon de Chelly, Arizona; Pueblo Indians at Isleta and Acoma, New Mexico; Navajo and Ute Indians in New Mexico and Colorado; Penitentes in Abiquiu, New Mexico; and views of wagon trains, Indian encampments, mines, and sheepherding in Montana
- Description
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Sumner Matteson, a bicycle salesman in Denver who became a photographer, traveled around the West between 1899 and 1903, photographing the Mesa Verde and Pueblo Bonito cliff-dwellings, Navajo Indians, Penitentes in New Mexico, Hopi Snake and Flute ceremonies in Arizona, the Pueblo villages of Acoma and Isleta, Montana wagon trains, and cattle and sheep roundups. He sold his own photographs, wrote articles and provided illustrations for popular magazines, and provided photographs for several books on Southwestern Indians written by others.
Accompanied by a contemporary typescript containing captions and often explanatory background for almost all of the photographs in the album. Typescript titled "Index to the Frank Klepetko Album. Photos and Data by Sumner W. Matteson" and signed "Sumner W. Matteson, D.A.C. [Denver Athletic Club] Denver, Colo. Jan. 1903."
Individual photographs are 12 x 17 cm. and smaller.
157 of the photographs are platinum prints.
Album and copy prints in 2 boxes.
Copy prints available for every page except the first. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Smith Gallery, Inc. on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1996.
- Extent
- 1 album (199 photographic prints) : 19 x 26 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 204
- Container / Volume
- Box 1 (album)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Ute Indians
Photograph albums
Platinum prints
Photographic prints - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Southwest, New
Montana
New Mexico
Arizona
Abiquiu (N.M.)
Acoma (N.M.)
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)
Colorado
Isleta (N.M.)
Mancos Site (Colo.)
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.)
Moenkopi Pueblo (Ariz.)
West (U.S.) - Subject (Name)
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Klepetko, Frank.
Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920.
Hermanos Penitentes - Subject (Topic)
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Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America
Cliff-dwellings
Kivas
Navajo Indians
Pueblo Indians
Snake dance
Mines and mineral resources
Sheep ranches
Wool industry
Religious life and customs - Subjects
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Klepetko, Frank
Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920
Hermanos Penitentes > Pictorial works
Hopi Indians > Rites and ceremonies > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Southwest, New > Pictorial works
Cliff-dwellings > Pictorial works
Kivas > Southwest, New > Pictorial works
Navajo Indians > Pictorial works
Pueblo Indians > Pictorial works
Snake dance > Pictorial works
Ute Indians > Pictorial works
Mines and mineral resources > Montana > Pictorial works
Sheep ranches > Montana > Pictorial works
Wool industry > Montana > Pictorial works
New Mexico > Religious life and customs > Pictorial works
Arizona > Pictorial works
Abiquiu (N.M.) > Pictorial works
Acoma (N.M.) > Pictorial works
Canyon de Chelly National Monument (Ariz.)
Colorado > Pictorial works
Isleta (N.M.) > Pictorial works
Mancos Site (Colo.)
Mesa Verde National Park (Colo.) > Pictorial works
Moenkopi Pueblo (Ariz.)
Montana > Pictorial works
West (U.S.) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Sumner W. Matteson, Cliff Dwellings, Pueblo Ruins, & Indian Life in the South West. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3981998
- Object ID (OID)
- 16199150