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American photographer
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Curtis, Edward S.
Self-portrait, photogravure by Edward S. Curtis, 1899; in the collection of the Los...
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection (AC1992.197.37), www.lacma.org
Curtis, Edward S.: Before the White Man Came—Palm Cañon
Before the White Man Came—Palm Cañon, photograph of a Cahuilla Indian by...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago, Ayer Collection
Curtis, Edward S.: Chief Joseph—Nez Perce
Chief Joseph—Nez Perce, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1903; from The...
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ61-2088)
Curtis, Edward S.: Kenowun—Nunivak
Kenowun—Nunivak, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1928; from...
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3b21403)
Curtis, Edward S.: Vanishing Race—Navaho
Vanishing Race—Navaho, platinum print by Edward S. Curtis, 1904; plate no....
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin(M.2008.40579), www.lacma.org
Curtis, Edward S.: Placating the Spirit of a Slain Eagle—Assiniboin
Placating the Spirit of a Slain Eagle—Assiniboin, photograph by Edward S....
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago, Ayer Collection
Curtis, Edward S.: Corner of Zuni
Corner of Zuni, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1903; plate no. 615 from...
Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago, Ayer Collection
Curtis, Edward S.: Wedding Party—Qagyuhl
Wedding Party—Qagyuhl, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1914;...
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-51435)
Atsina man
Atsina man, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1908.
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congess, Washington, D.C. (Digital file no. cph 3b00652)
“Bear's Belly—Arikara,” photograph by Edward S. Curtis, 1908; from The North...
Courtesy of the Edward E. Ayer Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago
Edward S. Curtis: In a Piegan Lodge
In a Piegan Lodge, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1910.
Courtesy of the Edward E. Ayer Collection, The Newberry Library, Chicago
Cahuilla woman
A Cahuilla woman, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1924.
Library of Congress, Washington D.C. (Digital File Number: cph 3c07207)
Chipewyan berry-picking party, photograph by Edward S. Curtis.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
A Crow woman holding an infant in a decorated cradleboard, photograph by Edward S....
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Diegueño woman
Diegueño woman in front of a dwelling in Campo, Calif., photograph by Edward S. Curtis,...
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital file no. cph 3b44744)
Earth lodge dwelling of the Plains tribes of North America, photograph by Edward...
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-114582)
Hupa Female Shaman
Hupa Female Shaman, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1923.
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-101261)
Klamath woman
Klamath woman preparing food on a stone slab, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c....
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-115814)
Kwakiutl man wearing traditional regalia, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c....
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-52212)
Arikara men
Members of the Arikara Night Society dancing in a traditional ceremony, photograph...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-101185)
Mizheh and Babe, portrait of an Apache woman holding a child in a cradleboard,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-46949)
Navajo hogan
Navajo hogan, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1905.
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital file no. cph 3c05863)
Inuit material culture
Nunivak man wearing a fur parka while carving a tusk, photograph by Edward S. Curtis,...
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital. id. cph 3b13558)
Chinook
On the Beach—Chinook, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1910;...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (LC-USZ62-99363)
A Pomo woman demonstrating traditional seed-gathering techniques, photograph by Edward...
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-116525)
Tohono O'odham (Papago) woman wearing a basket tray headpiece, photograph by Edward...
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-105389)
Wichita grass lodge
Wichita grass lodge, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1927.
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-118773)
Yakima tepee
Yakima tepee with reed mat cover, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c. 1910.
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-99798)
Yurok man with a canoe
Yurok man with a canoe on the Trinity River in California, photograph by Edward S....
Edward S. Curtis Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-118588)
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