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
- 18 Printing plates
- 5 Photomechanical prints
- Date
- 1923
- Container
- Box F26-F28
- Box 8vo12-8vo15
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.080, Series 11
- 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 five folio plates and thirteen octavo plates depicting a Hupa house, canoe, and fishing techniques as well as portraits of Hupa, Tolowa, Yurok, Klamath, and Achomawi (Pit River) men and women, some wearing ceremonial clothing. It also includes five original proofs of the North American Indian, Inc.
- 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-1562730617557-1562730617593-1
