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Call Number:

PH-00314

Collection Name:

Edward Sheriff Curtis Photography Collection

Creator:

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952 (1868 - 1952)

No. of Items:

7 items

Span Dates:

1899-1910

Description:

The collection consists of seven images by American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952). Item information follows.

981:0016:0002 -- [Glacier Bay, from the Harriman Expedition], 1899. Gelatin silver print with applied color, 15.2 x 20.2 cm (image); 15.6 x 20.7 cm (sheet); 20 x 25 cm (mount);
981:0016:0003 -- [Eskimo Village at Plover Bay, from the Harriman Expedition], 1899. Gelatin silver print with applied color, 14.7 x 19.8 cm (image); 15 x 20.3 cm (sheet); 20 x 25 cm (mount);
982:0048:0001 -- [Gathering Tules, Upper Lake Pomo], 1905. Platinum print, 15 x 20 cm (image); 25.7 x 32 (mount);
Promotional brochure for The North AMerican Indian (Boston: Charles E. Lauriat Co., 1935):
982:0048:0002a -- Brochure, 1935. Folded to ;
982:0048:0002b -- The Oath-Apsaroke, 1908, printed 1935. Photogravure, 18.3 x 13.5 cm (image); 31 x 23.2 cm (irregular edge) (sheet). Illustration from “The North American Indian,” 1908;
982:0048:0002c -- The Wedding Party-Qagyuhl, 1914, printed 1935. Photogravure, 16.5 x 23.7 cm (image); 23x 31 sheet (irregular edge) (sheet);
982:0058:0001 -- Flathead, n.d. Cyanotype, ;
982:0058:0002 -- Bone Carving-Cascade, circa 1910. Cyanotype, .

Accession No(s):

981:0016:0002-0003 -- Purchase, 1981 (R 9176).; 981:0016:0002-0003; 982:0048:0001, 0002a-c; 982:0058:0001-0002; 982:0048:0001, 0003-0004 -- Purchase, 1982 (R 9784).; 982:0058:0001-0002 -- Gift, 1982 (G 1442).

Location(s):

C Box, Large (982:0048:0001)
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C Box, Medium (981:0016:0002-0003; 982:0048:0002a-c; 982:0058:0001-0002)
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See Also:

A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition: May-August, 1899: Additional photographs by Curtis can be found in A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition: May-August, 1899 (call no. f F 909 H377 HRC-P v.1-2).

The North American Indian. List of Large Plates Supplementing v.1-20: Additional photographs by Curtis can be found in his The North American Indian (call no. f E 77 C978 1907 HRC-P).

The North American Indian