Object Details
- Collection Photographer
- Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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- Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian
- Sponsor
- This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
- Extent
- 11 Printing plates
- 6 Photomechanical prints
- Date
- 1910-1911
- 1905
- 1900
- bulk 1910-1911
- Container
- Box 8vo6-8vo7
- Box F11-F14
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.080, Series 6
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Printing plates
- Photomechanical prints
- Collection Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- Collection Rights
- Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadcast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.
- Scope and Contents
- This series includes six folio plates and five octavo plates depicting objects used by Pikuni Blackfeet people and portraits of Tsitsistas/Suhtai (Cheyenne) and Pikuni Blackfeet (Piegan) men and women. It also has six proofs of folio plates made by Classic Gravure. One plate is covered by a substance or corrosion that obscures the image.
- Collection Restrictions
- Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
- Record ID
- ebl-1562730617557-1562730617580-2
