The Cheyenne Belle – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Cheyenne Belle comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Cheyenne Belle
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Titled "The Cheyenne Belle," this c1904 portrait focuses on a Cheyenne woman, with the jewelry noted in its record as a key part of the image. Edward S. Curtis made it during the years he was documenting Native peoples of the American West for his multivolume work *The North American Indian*, which paired photogravures with ethnographic text. Curtis often posed his sitters in traditional dress and adornment, so the ornaments here are worth a close look as records of personal style and material culture at the turn of the twentieth century. The print is held by the Library of Congress as part of the Curtis Collection.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 258-05. LC no. 62. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--1900-1910. Cheyenne Indians--1900-1910. Jewelry--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,737 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222175 |
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