Dale Jenkins postcard and photograph collection
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- Creators:
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Jenkins, Dale
- Dates:
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1890-1939
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145 Postcards
11 Photographic prints
0.5 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.069
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 145 postcards and 11 photographs depicting indigenous peoples of the Americas, with dates ranging 1890 – 1930s. The bulk of the collection consists of postcards of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, basket-making, weaving, and crafts.
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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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1899-1927
circa 1980
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96 Photomechanical prints (photogravure proofs)
184 Printing plates (copper printing plates)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.080
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Edward S. Curtis photogravure plates and proofs for The North American Indian include photogravure printing plates and associated proofs made from Curtis photographs and used in the publication of The North American Indian volumes 1-9 and 12-19. The bulk of the images are portraits, though there are also images of everyday items, ceremonial artifacts, and camps.
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Beck, Larry, 1938-1994
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1938-1994
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6 Linear feet (13 archival boxes, 1 half size archival box, and 2 oversize boxes )
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.017
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Lawrence 'Larry' James Beck papers, located in the Cultural Resource Center of the National Museum of the American Indian, contain biographical materials, sculpture portfolios, art shows, notes, sketches and drawings, publications, correspondence and visual material including photos, slides and negatives of Larry's art.
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Imhof, Joseph, 1871-1955
Rinehart, F. A. (Frank A.)
Goff, O. S. (Orlando Scott), 1843-1917
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circa 1894-1964
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89 Glass plate negatives
127 Photographic prints
116 Copy negatives
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.142
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection includes glass plate negatives, copy negatives and photographic prints taken and collected by Joseph Imhof, a lithographer and painter known for documenting Pueblo culture in New Mexico. These include images shot by Imhof in Acoma, Isleta, Santa Clara (K'apovi) and Taos Pueblos; glass plate negatives (copies) of Frank Rinehart portraits; original glass plate negatives made by Orlando Scott Goff among the Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) in Montana circa 1894; photographic prints of Imhof artworks; and photographs of Joseph and Sarah Imhof and their home in Taos, New Mexico.
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Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
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1866-1868
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61 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.077
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Alexander Gardner (1821-1882) was a photographer best known for his portraits of President Abraham Lincoln, his American Civil War photographs, and his photographs of American Indian delegations. This collection contains 61 albumen prints that were shot by Gardner circa 1866-1868 and held in General William T. Sherman's personal collection. Photographs depict American Indian tribes and Peace Commissioners involved in the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty; photographs shot along the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division in 1867; and photographs of American Indian delegations visiting Washington, D. C. from 1866-1868.
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Edley, Bernard J., 1925-1994
- Dates:
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1948-1949
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78 Acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
35 Photographic prints (gelatin silver, 2 x 3 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.001.026
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 78 black-and-white negatives and 35 gelatin silver prints taken by Bernard J. Edley in 1948-1949. The images depict scenes of everyday life among the Santa Cruz Indians of Quintana Roo State and the Tzotzil Indians of Chamula, Chiapas State. Also present are views of archaeological sites at Monte Alban and Mitla in Oaxaca State.
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Tantaquidgeon, Gladys Iola
- Dates:
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1929
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11 Acetate negatives (black and white, 5 x 7 inches.)
1 Photographic print (gelatin silver, 5 x 6 inches.)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.050
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 11 black-and-white negatives and 1 gelatin silver print taken by Gladys I. Tantaquidgeon in 1929. The images are related to Emma Mitchell Safford, a Wampanoag basketmaker from Ipswich, Massachusetts, and depict her work and home.
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Wetherill, John
- Dates:
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1892
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42 Lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.106
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains glass lantern slides shot by rancher and explorer John Wetherill (1866-1944). The photographs depict Ancestral Puebloan sites in southwestern U.S., as well as photos of Diné (Navajo) and Ute men and women.
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Buxton, Warren F., 1929-
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1949-1981
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69 Photographic prints
24 Slides (photographs) (glass)
32 Slides (photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.104
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Warren Buxton photograph collection includes photographic prints and slides made by Buxton in three different Native Communities. Series 1: Bruce Wynne (Spokane) and Family, 1965-1981, includes photographic prints of Spokane Artist and Leader Bruce Wynne and his family in Wellpinit, Washington. Series 2: U.S. Air Force Weather Station, Padlopin...
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Waugh, Donald.
Waugh, Leuman Maurice, 1877-1972.
- Dates:
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1909-1963
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2.1 Linear feet ((5 boxes; 1 map case drawer))
1,749 Photographic prints
1,035 Lantern slides
1579 Negatives (photographic)
80 Film reels (16mm)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.003
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Leuman Maurice Waugh collection contains papers, photographs, and film holdings that were created by Waugh during his dental research expeditions to indigenous communities in Newfoundland and Labrador in eastern Canada and in Arctic Alaska.
