Photograph album of Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona

Description

Title: Photograph album of Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona
Creator: Schwemberger, Simeon
Publication Place: ca. 1909-1915
Abstract: Photographs of the Hopi pueblo Oraibi, interiors of Hopi homes, ceremonial dances, and portraits of Hopi and possibly Navajo Indians at Oraibi
Description: Simeon Schwemberger, 1867-1931, joined the Franciscan order as a lay brother, moving to the mission at St. Michael's, Arizona in 1901. At the mission he began photographing Navajo Indians. After leaving St. Michael's in late 1907 to open a photo gallery in Gallup, New Mexico, he began photographing other Native Americans, including Hopi and Pueblo Indians.
Identification of photographer based on postcard image on first page with printed attribution on verso: Made by Simeon Schwemberger, St. Michael's Arizona, and by the fact that the style is similar to photographs identified as Schwemberger's.
Individual photographs are 9 x 14 cm. and smaller.
Contemporary coarse woven cloth photo album.
Provenance: Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1996.
Extent: 1 album (27 photographic prints, 1 postcard) : 23 x 32 cm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Portraits
Pictorial works
Photograph albums
Photographic prints
Postcards
Material: b & w ;
Subject (Geographic): Arizona
Oraibi (Ariz.)
Subject (Name): Schwemberger, Simeon.
Subject (Topic): Hopi Indians
Rites and ceremonies
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Subjects: Schwemberger, Simeon
Hopi Indians > Portraits
Hopi Indians > Rites and ceremonies > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Arizona > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Portraits
Navajo Indians > Portraits
Navajo Indians > Pictorial works
Oraibi (Ariz.) > Pictorial works

Access: Public
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Citation: Simeon Schwemberger, Photograph Album of Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.