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National Anthropological Archives
Harris & Ewing portrait of Jesse Walter Fewkes, circa 1918
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.78-20
- Creators:
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Harris & Ewing
- Dates:
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circa 1918
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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1 Gelatin silver printmounted
- Repository:
Scope and Contents note
Scope and Contents note
Studio portrait of Jesse Walter Fewkes.
Handwritten on mount: With the regards of J. Walter Fewkes. February 1918.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
The Harris & Ewing photo studio was started in 1905 by George W. Harris and Martha Ewing as both a portrait studio and news service. Famous for their portraits of presidents and administration officials, the studio was the largest in Washington, DC, and photographed as many as 10,000 people a year after the sale of the news service in 1945. Harris & Ewing closed in 1955.
Administration
Author
Sarah Ganderup
Custodial History note
Donated by Henry Collins in the Department of Anthropology, 1977.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Access to the collection requires an appointment.
Conditions Governing Use note
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Preferred Citation note
Photo lot 78-20, Harris & Ewing portrait of Jesse Walter Fewkes, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Location of Other Archival Materials
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional portraits of Jesse Walter Fewkes can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 33.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional photographs by Harris & Ewing can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 33, and Photo Lot 77-80.
Location of Other Archival Materials
The Library of Congress holds the Harris & Ewing Collection of glass and film negatives.
More Information
Local Call Number(s)
Local Call Number(s)
NAA Photo Lot 78-20
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Studio portraits | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Fewkes, Jesse Walter, 1850-1930 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
National Anthropological Archives
Museum Support Center
4210 Silver Hill Road
Suitland, Maryland 20746
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