Photographs by C. C. Pierce, G. Wharton James, and Frank H. Nowell of Navajo, Hopi, Pima, Havasupai, Flathead and Seminole Indians. Included are views of cliff dwellings, villages, and kivas and photographs of weaving, pottery making and other activities in Shipolovi, Shongopovi, and Mishongnovi pueblos, and views of the Grand Canyon of Arizona. In New Mexico, views include an old church and the feast of St. Stephen at Acoma, and the village of Laguna and In Colorado, there is one photograph of the Cliff Palace in Marcus Canyon. In Montana, the photographs consist entirely of portraits of Flathead Indian families, chiefs, and warriors. There is one photograph of Alaskan basketry, and a single portrait of the Seminole chief Billy Bowlegs in Florida
Description:
Photographs are mounted on boards, and are accompanied by typescript captions. Six photographs are accompanied by maps of Navajo, Hopi, Havasupai, Flathead and Seminole Indian Reserves. A single print has extensive hand coloring.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Acoma (N.M.), Laguna (N.M.), Walpi (Ariz.), and Oraibi (Ariz.)
Subject (Name):
Hotte, Arthur.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Navajo Indians, Salish Indians, Pima Indians, Seminole Indians, Hopi Indians, Pueblo Indians, Rites and ceremonies, Kivas, Pueblos, Snake dance, Indian baskets, and Cliff-dwellings
Photograph album of John Wesley Powell's Second Colorado River Expedition, containing photographs by E. O. Beaman, James Fennemore, and John K. Hillers. The first 118 photographs are attributed to Beaman, and depict the start of the expedition at the Green River Station in Wyoming, and the journey through the Red Canyon, Brown's Park, the Lodore Canyon, the Canyon of Desolation, the Cataract Canyon, and Salt Lake City, Utah, The next set of photographs in the album was probably taken by James Fennemore, showing views of Powell's expedition after his departure from Salt Lake City. They illustrate the journey from the mouth of the Dirty Devil River down through Glen Valley, Nevada, and Finally, there are several views of the Marble Canyon, the Grand Canyon, the Green River, the Virgin River, the Sevier River, Pine Creek, Kanab Creek, and a series of portraits by Hillers of Paiute, Ute and Pueblo Indians. Portraits of Hopi and Zuni Indians were probably taken by Beaman
Description:
Individual prints consist of 452 stereo-sized photographs, measuring 7.6 x 11.0 cm. or smaller, 52 larger photographs, measuring 18.5 x 10.9 cm. or smaller, and 5 photographs measuring 24.2 x 18.2 cm. or smaller. The photographs are generally not captioned. Attribution is based on secondary sources. and Insect damage to some pages, not affecting photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), United States, and Cataract Canyon Wilderness (Utah)
Subject (Name):
Powell, John Wesley, 1834-1902.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Hopi Indians, Zuni Indians, Paiute Indians, Ute Indians, and Exploring expeditions
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
Photographs of Hopi Indians taken at Oraibi and Walpi pueblos in Arizona. Included are views of pueblo structures and hogans, pottery and baskets, and of the daily activities of carrying water, herding sheep and tending other livestock, working in irrigation canals, hunting or preparing food, and caring for children. Family groups, scenes of Antelope and Snake dancers and spectators, and landscapes around the pueblos are also depicted and Most of the photographs are outdoors, but there are several formal interior portraits of individuals
Description:
"Curtis" and three-digit number on each print, many copyrighted 1900. and Accompanied by a box list.
Subject (Geographic):
Arizona., Arizona, Oraibi (Ariz.), and Walpi (Ariz.)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Hopi Indians, Tewa Indians, Pueblos, and Snake dance
Postcards with halftone reproductions by Edward Sheriff Curtis of photographs he created of Native Americans, 1904. Images include portraits of a Mohave Indian girl and an Apache Indian girl, a group of Hopi Indian children, and four Apache Indians crossing a waterway on horseback
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and Each postcard has been cut on the right side of the recto.
Subject (Name):
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952.
Subject (Topic):
Apache Indians, Hopi Indians, Indians of North America, and Mohave Indians
