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Summary
H118594 U.S. Copyright Office.
Curtis no. 2896-08.
Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30 suppl., v. 5, pl. 150.
These portraits are valuable records that document Native American dress and customs at the end of the nineteenth century during an active period of Indian removal and hostilities against Native Americans.Library of Congress holds one of the most important collections of Native American photographic portraits.
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Date
01/01/1908
Contributors
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. No renewal in Copyright office.
