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., and Contemporary coarse woven cloth photo album.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona and Oraibi (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Schwemberger, Simeon.
Subject (Topic):
Hopi Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Indians of North America, and Navajo Indians
Photograph album depicting the landscape and participants of a pack trip to the Grand Canyon along the Mystic Springs and Hange trails, including views of boating on the Colorado River, Cataract Creek Canyon, the Havasupai Indian Agency, Havasupai Point and the Painted Desert, These images are followed by a series of photographs of the Hopi pueblos of Walpi and Oraibi, showing flute and basket dancers, domestic scenes such as tending corn plants and grinding corn, spinning, weaving, making pottery, and tending children. There are several scenes in the pueblos that show the campers from the earlier series of Grand Canyon views, and A series of ten portraits of Navajo Indians follows the Hopi scenes. These are followed by a picture of a women with a 216 lb. tuna hoisted beside her, and then by a series of poor quality snapshots of a big horn sheep hunting trip and several color postcards of British Columbia
Description:
Album lacks covers. Individual photographs are 15 x 20 cm. or smaller, and have repeating orotone letterpress captions. Numbers inscribed in negatives of some prints.
Publisher:
George L. Rose
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Oraibi (Ariz.), Walpi (Ariz.), Havasupai Reservation (Ariz.), British Columbia, and Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Pictorial works, Hopi Indians, Navajo Indians, Rites and ceremonies, and Hunting
