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
- 14 Printing plates
- 12 Photomechanical prints
- Date
- 1926
- Container
- Box 8vo20
- Box F43-F48
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.080, Series 16
- 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 twelve folio plates and two octavo plates showing portraits of Denésoliné (Chipewyan), Cree, Tsuu T'ina (Sarcee), and Kainai Blackfoot (Kainah/Blood) men and women. It also includes twelve proofs made by the North American Indian, Inc. One plate is covered by a black substance which obscurs 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-1562730617557-1562730617609-3
