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 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:
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., and Copy prints available for every page except the first.
Subject (Geographic):
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.), and West (U.S.)
Subject (Name):
Klepetko, Frank., Matteson, Sumner W., 1867-1920., and Hermanos Penitentes
Subject (Topic):
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, and Religious life and customs
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
