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National Museum of the American Indian
Charles B. Lang photographs
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.048
- Creators:
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Lang, Charles B.
- Dates:
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1903
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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11 Glass plate negatives1 Photographic printgelatin silver.
- Repository:
This collection contains 11 glass plate negatives and 1 gelatin silver print taken by Charles B. Lang in 1903. The images depict views of Chinle Canyon, Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley in Arizona and a Navajo silversmith in Bluff, Utah.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains 11 glass plate negatives and 1 gelatin silver print that were shot by Charles B. Lang in 1903. The images depict landscapes in Utah and Chinle Valley and Monument Valley in Arizona. The photographs also depict explorers in these environs. Two photographs depict a Diné (Navajo) silversmith working.
Arrangement note
Arrangement note
Glass plate negatives: organized in boxes; arranged by image number.
Duplicate negatives: organized in individual sleeves; arranged by image number.
Print: organized in folder.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
Charles B. Lang (1871-1935?) was a photographer who worked in the American Southwest. Originally from Pittsburgh, Lang worked with rancher and amateur archaeologist Richard Wetherill and later with Frederick Starr in Mexico. After 1910, he was employed as a technician in a film lab in Los Angeles. Lang is the father of renowned cinematographer Charles B. Lang Jr.
Administration
Author
Emily Moazami
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Museum purchase from R. Stenzel with funds from Harmon Hendricks, 1920.
Processing Information note
NMAIA Review in 2011 and collection finding aid revised in 2024 by Emily Moazami, Head Archivist.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Use note
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
Conditions Governing Access note
Access to NMAI Archives 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).
Preferred Citation note
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Charles B. Lang photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.048; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff (Utah) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Photographs | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Gelatin silver prints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Diné (Navajo) | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Black-and-white negatives | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) | Geographic | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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