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12018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Vanishing race - Navaho1The thought which this picture is meant to convey is that the Indians as a race, already shorn in their tribal strength and stripped of their primitive dress, are passing into the darkness of an unknown future. Feeling that the picture expresses so much of the thought that inspired the entire work, the author has chosen it as the first of the series.plain2018-03-16T21:11:16-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521904Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp01001 - portfolio 1 plate no. 1For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), plate no. 11 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.01.port.00000002.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:00-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Scout - Apache1The primitive Apache in his mountain home.plain2018-03-16T21:07:00-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521906Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp01013 - portfolio 1 plate no. 13For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), plate no. 131 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 44 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.01.port.00000014.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Jicarilla women1Women watching the races on their annual ceremonial or feast day. It will be observed that they are all dressed uniformly in garments cut after the primitive mode.plain2018-03-16T21:11:17-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521904Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp01025 - portfolio 1 plate no. 25For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), plate no. 251 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 41 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.01.port.00000026.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:18-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Son of the desert - Navaho1In the early morning this boy, as if springing from the earth itself, came to the author's desert camp. Indeed, he seemed a part of the very desert. His eyes bespeak all of the curiosity, all of the wonder of his primitive mind striving to grasp the meaning of the strange things about him.plain2018-03-16T21:11:18-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521904Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp01032 - portfolio 1 plate no. 32For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), plate no. 321 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.01.port.00000033.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ogalala woman1A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some primitive people.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521907Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp03019 - portfolio 3 plate no. 94For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.03, The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1908), plate no. 941 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 34 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.03.port.00000020.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Kutenai camp1The scene is a thinly wooded, sandy peninsula at the southern end of Flathead lake. Here the author's camp was pitched in 1909 during some weeks of investigation into the primitive life of the Kutenai.plain2018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521910Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp07035 - portfolio 7 plate no. 254For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.07, The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1911), plate no. 2541 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.07.port.00000036.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Rush gatherer - Kutenai1Rushes gathered in swamps and in the shallows of the lakes were dried and strung together into mats, which primitively were used for lodge-covers, mattresses, canoe cushions, and for a variety of domestic purposes.plain2018-03-16T21:11:51-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521910Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp07036 - portfolio 7 plate no. 255 Rush gatherer – Kutenai - photogravure plateFor educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.07, The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1911), plate no. 2551 photogravure : brown ink ; 34 x 44 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.07.port.00000037.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive Quinault1Among the Coast Salish the aboriginal dress of women was a knee-length kilt of thick, cedar-bark fringe. No other garment was worn except when cold or rain made goat-hair or vegetal-fibre blankets or capes desireable.plain2018-03-16T21:11:14-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521912Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp09001 - portfolio 9 plate no.293For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.09, Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1913), plate no. 2931 photogravure : brown ink ; 44 x 30 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.09.port.00000002.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Kwakiutl house-frame1The two long beams in the middle are twin ridge-timbers, which are supported in the rear, as in the front, by a transverse beam resting on two uprights. At the extreme right and left are the eaves-timbers. The longitudinal and circular flutes of the columns are laboriously produced by means of a small hand-adze of primitive form. This frame is at the village Memkumlis. Another view is given in the illustration facing page 36. Kwakiutl houses are discussed on page 6.plain2018-03-16T21:12:05-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521914Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp10015 - portfolio 10 plate no. 343For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.10, The Kwakiutl ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1915), plate no. 3431 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.10.port.00000016.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Rounding into port - Qagyhl1The primitive Kwakiutl sail for canvas was a sheet of cedar-bark matting, and on catamarans a large, square section of thin boards was propped up against the wind. Canvas is now used. The painting on the canoe at the left represents "sisiutl", the mythical double-headed serpent. The carved figure-heads of the middle canoe and the one on the right are respectively an eagle and a bear. The bear canoe is further embellished with highly conventionalized paintings of the head, flipper and tail of a whale.plain2018-03-16T21:12:06-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521914Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp10024 - portfolio 10 plate no. 352 Rounding into port – Qagyhl - photogravure plateFor educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.10, The Kwakiutl ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1915), plate no. 3521 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.10.port.00000025.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637On the shores at Nootka1Two women wearing the primitive bark blanket and nose-ornament, and with clam-baskets on their backs, rest on the beach while waiting for the tide to fall and uncover the clam-beds.plain2018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521915Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp11002 - portfolio 11 plate no. 366 Shores of Nootka Sound - photogravure plateFor educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 3661 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.11.port.00000003.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Boarding the canoe1A Hesquiat berry-picker in primitive garb on the bold shores of Clayoquot sound. The barefoot natives make their way without difficulty over barnacle-covered rocks such as these. It will be noted that the canoe has been fitted with rowlocks.plain2018-03-16T21:11:13-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521915Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp11007 - portfolio 11 plate no. 371 Whale ceremonial – Clayoquot - photogravure plateFor educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 3711 photogravure : brown ink ; 44 x 33 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.11.port.00000008.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:06:54-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Oldest man of Nootka1This individual is the most primitive relic in the modernized village of Nootka. Stark naked, he may be seen hobbling about the beach or squatting in the sun, living in thought in the golden age when the social and ceremonial customs of his people were what they had always been.plain2018-03-16T21:06:54-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521915Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp11011 - portfolio 11 plate no.375For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 3751 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 32 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.11.port.00000012.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bark gatherer1These people still use large quantities of yellow-cedar bark in the manufacture of mats, and formerly this material furnished them their clothing also. The Hesquiat woman in the picture has a bulky pack of bark on her back, and in her hand is a steel-bladed adz of the primitive type.plain2018-03-16T21:12:09-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521915Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp11019 - portfolio 11 plate no.383For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 3831 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 33 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.11.port.00000020.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive style of hairdressing1The arrangement imitates the squash-blossom and indicates virginity. Within the last decade it has become rare, except on ceremonial occasions.plain2018-03-16T21:12:15-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521921Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp12024 - portfolio 12 plate no. 423For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.12, The Hopi ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1922), plate no. 4231 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 33 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.12.port.00000025.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637A Klamath1The entire costume here depicted is alien to the primitive Klamath. The feather head-dress and fringed shirt and leggings of deerskin were adopted by this tribe within the historical period, along with other phases of the Plains culture, which extended its influence to the Klamath country by way of Columbia river and the plains of central Oregon.plain2018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521923Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp13006 - portfolio 13 plate no. 441For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.13, The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. The Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1924), plate no. 4411 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.13.port.00000007.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Woman's primitive dress - Tolowa1This is the gala costume of Coast Athapascan women. The ordinary dress was a deerskin kilt with the opening at the front protected by a fringed apron of deerskin or of bark. Ordinarily the feet and the upper part of the body were bare.plain2018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521923Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp13026 - portfolio 13 plate no. 461 Woman's primitive dress – Tolowa - photogravure plateFor educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.13, The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. The Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1924), plate no. 4611 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 34 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.13.port.00000027.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:21-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Hupa woman in primitive costume1This is an excellent example of the gala costume of Hupa women. The deerskin skirt is worn about the hips and meets in front, where the opening is covered by a similar garment. Both are fringed and heavily beaded, and the strands of the apron are ornamented with the shells of pine-nuts.plain2018-03-16T21:12:21-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521923Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp13033 - portfolio 13 plate no. 468For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.13, The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. The Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1924), plate no. 4681 photogravure : brown ink ; 45 x 34 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, Mass. by Suffolk Engraving Co.http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.13.port.00000034.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Diegueño home1The Diegueños, a Yuman division formerly inhabiting practically the whole of San Diego county, are now found on about a dozen small reservations. Although they were not formerly agriculturists like the Colorado River Yumans, many of them take excellent care of their little ranches. Such houses as the one shown here are not of the primitive type, though they are constructed of the same materials.plain2018-03-16T21:12:26-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521924Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp15017 - portfolio 15 plate no. 524For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.15, Southern California Shoshoneans. The Dieguenos Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), plate no. 5241 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Presshttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.15.port.00000018.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive artist - Paviotso1A side of the glaciated bowlder near the southwestern shore of Walker lake is covered with phallic symbols in faded red.plain2018-03-16T21:12:27-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521924Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printcp15029 - portfolio 15 plate no. 536 Primitive artist – Paviotso - photogravure plateFor educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.15, Southern California Shoshoneans. The Dieguenos Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), plate no. 5361 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 34 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Presshttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.15.port.0000030.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:03-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive Apache home1plain2018-03-16T21:07:03-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521903Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printct01015 - volume 1 facing: page 14For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), Facing page 141 photogravure : brown ink ; 13.6 x 18.4 cm [image size], 18 x 22 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.01.book.00000050.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive Mohave1plain2018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521907Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printct02030 - volume 2 facing: page 50For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.02, The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1908), Facing page 501 photogravure : brown ink ; 18.9 x 13.4 cm [image size], 23 x 16 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.02.book.00000095.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive transportation - Mohave1plain2018-03-16T21:09:27-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521907Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printct02035 - volume 2 facing: page 60For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.02, The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1908), Facing page 601 photogravure : brown ink ; 13.6 x 18.6 cm [image size], 18 x 21 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.02.book.00000110.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:10:52-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive dress - Quinault1plain2018-03-16T21:10:52-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521912Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printct09020 - volume 9 facing: page 40For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.09, The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1913), Facing page 401 photogravure : brown ink ; 18.6 x 9.7 cm [image size], 23 x 12 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.09.book.00000074.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:10:58-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637A primitive camp1plain2018-03-16T21:10:58-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521912Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printct09062 - volume 9 facing: page 124For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.09, The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1913), Facing page 1241 photogravure : brown ink ; 17.8 x 13.3 cm [image size], 22 x 17 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Sonhttp://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.09.book.00000200.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:38-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Primitive Chemehuevi dwelling1plain2018-03-16T21:08:38-07:00Curtis, Edward S. 1868-19521924Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Digital reproduction of the photomechanical printct15049 - volume 15 facing: page 104For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003. http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.15, Southern California Shoshoneans. The Diegueños. Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), Facing page 1041 photogravure : brown ink ; 14 x 19 cm [image size], 18 x 22 cm [plate size] Original photogravure produced in Cambridge, MA, by Suffolk Engraving Co.http://curtis.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/info.cgi?id=nai.15.book.00000165.pErik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637