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
- 5 Photomechanical prints
- 8 Printing plates
- Date
- 1904-1907
- 1921
- Container
- Box F23-F25
- Box 8vo11-8vo12
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.080, Series 10
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photomechanical prints
- Printing plates
- 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 five folio plates and three octavo plates depicting a snake priest, basket plaques, and portraits of Hopi women and girls. It also has five proofs made by Classic Gravure from plates in the collection. One plate is severely corroded.
- 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-1562730617557-1562730617590-3
