Photograph album of Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona.
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16199152
Description
- Title
- Photograph album of Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona.
- Creator
- Schwemberger, Simeon.
- Contributor
- 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
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Contemporary coarse woven cloth photo album.
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.
Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Walter McClintock Memorial Fund, 1996.
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. - Extent
- 1 album (27 photographic prints, 1 postcard) : b&w ; 23 x 32 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Photos 205
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
-
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Postcards. - Resource Type
- Prints & Photographs
- Subject (Geographic)
- Oraibi (Ariz.)--Pictorial works.
- Subject (Name)
- Schwemberger, Simeon.
- Subject (Topic)
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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--Pictorial works.
Navajo Indians--Portraits.
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
- Simeon Schwemberger, Photograph Album of Oraibi Pueblo, Arizona. Western Americana Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 3983738
- Object ID (OID)
- 16199152