National Anthropological Archives

William M. Pennington photographs of Navajo people, circa 1915-1925

Summary

Collection ID:
NAA.PhotoLot.82-2
Creators:
Pennington, William M.
Dates:
circa 1915-1925
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
11 Platinum prints
Repository:

Scope and Contents note

Scope and Contents note
The collection comprises mostly portraits of Diné/Navajo individuals as well as several photographs of people with horses. A list of identifications accompanies the photographs.

Biographical/Historical note

Biographical/Historical note
From 1908-1911, William M. Pennington and Lisle Updike operated the Pen-Dike Studio in Durango, Colorado. Pennington's main focus was studio portraiture while Updike took mostly landscape photographs. In 1911, Pennington bought out Updike's share in the studio and renamed it the Pennington Studio. Pennington and Updike worked together again in the early 1920s photographing the Navajo community in and around Shiprock, New Mexico; the photographs in this collection are probably from that assignment.

Administration

Author
Sarah Ganderup
Existence and Location of Copies note
Digital surrogate is available online.
Custodial History note
Donated by Marj Ulsamer in 1981.

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 82-2, William M. Pennington photographs of Navajo people, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Location of Other Archival Materials

Location of Other Archival Materials
Additional Pennington photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 59.

More Information

Bibliography

Bibliography
Photographs published in H. Jackson Clark, Glass plates & wagon ruts: images of the Southwest by Lisle Updike and William Pennington, Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado, 1998.


Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Diné (Navajo) Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New Cultural Context Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Updike, Lisle, 1890-1970 (possible photographer) Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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