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National Anthropological Archives
William M. Pennington photographs of Navajo people, circa 1915-1925
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.82-2
- Creators:
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Pennington, William M.
- Dates:
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circa 1915-1925
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Physical Description:
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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
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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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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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