Tintypes of Robert Meldrum and Medicine Tree
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- Creators:
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Allen, J. I., -1929
- Dates:
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1858-1865
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2 tintypes (prints)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.386
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Tintypes depicting fur trader Robert Meldrum and his wife Medicine Tree [Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke); also known as Margaret].
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Smith, Henry H.
Imhof, Joseph, 1871-1955
- Dates:
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1858
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1 ambrotypes (photographs)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.385
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Ambrotype of Chief Okemos [Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)] photographed by Henry H. Smith in 1858.
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Carter, Ernest S.
Carter, Eloise
- Dates:
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1947-1986
bulk 1964-1975
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2415 slides (photographs)
855 negatives (photographic)
526 Photographic prints
0.85 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.034
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Ernest S. and Eloise Carter collection includes photographic prints, negatives and slides taken between 1950 and 1976 in the American Southwest, Mexico and Bolivia. The Carters were research associates for the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation between 1964 and 1975 and focused much of their research on petroglyphs and pictographs. In addition to photographic material there is also correspondence and documentation about the photographs in the collection.
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Squier, E. G. (Ephraim George), 1821-1888
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circa 1862-1868
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312 negatives (photographic) (black and white)
3 Photographic prints (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.041
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Squier collection consists primarily of glass plate negatives made by Squier in the Central Andes region of Peru from 1862 to 1868 while he served as the United States Commissioner to Peru.
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Evelyn, Douglas E.
- Dates:
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1880-1960
- Size:
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1 Linear foot
42 printed pages
30 Postcards
25 Photographic prints
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.226
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection consists of 42 NABISCO Straight Arrow cards, 30 postcards, and 25 stereographs depicting indigenous peoples of North and Central America, with dates ranging 1880 – 1960. The bulk of the collection consists of images of Native communities throughout the United States, and includes portrait images, dwellings, and landscape views.
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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
- Dates:
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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
- Repository:
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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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Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.
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1898-1900
1903
1914
bulk 1899-1899
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396 lantern slides
286 Photographic prints
1 Map
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.053
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Mary Harriman Rumsey collection largely consists of photographic prints and lantern slides documenting the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in summer 1899. These depict members of the expedition and Alaskan scenery and people. The collection also includes scenic photographs of Alaska taken by Dora Keen in 1914 and photographs of Blackfeet, Hopi, Apache, and Suquamish Indians made by Edward Curtis in 1900 and 1903.
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The Arctic Circle (Gallery: Los Angeles, Calif.)
Witt, Ellen, 1917-2007
Witt, Bert
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1967-1987
bulk 1971-1986
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634 slides (photographs)
152 Photographs
1.6 Linear feet
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.004
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
The Arctic Circle records include materials gathered by Bert and Ellen Witt for their private gallery of Inuit art The Arctic Circle. These materials include native artists information which is organized by community, reference material organized topically, slides from the gallery's annual print collections as well as photographs of scupltures and textiles displayed in the gallery. Much of the reference material used by the gallery pertains to native communities in the Nunavet Territory of Canada such as Cape Dorset and Baker Lake as well as other small communities throughout the Northwest Territiories. Additionally photographs taken by Bert and Ellen Witt's son Tony during a trip to Canada in 1973 are included in this collection.
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Moon, Carl, 1878-1948
Fred Harvey (Firm)
- Dates:
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1907-1914
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434 Photographs
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.090
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains photographs that were commissioned by Fred Harvey Co. and shot by Carl Moon circa 1907-1914. The photographs depict American Indian communities in the southwest including A:shiwi (Zuni), Acoma Pueblo, Diné (Navajo), Hopi, Laguna Pueblo, and Taos Pueblo among many others.
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DeLong, Lillian
- Dates:
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circa 1890-1910
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7 cyanotypes (photographic prints)
- Collection ID:
- NMAI.AC.249
- Repository:
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National Museum of the American Indian
Cyanotype photographs depicting outdoor portraits possibly on the Apsáalooke (Crow/Absaroke) reservation in Montana, circa 1890-1910.