[Apache Mescal camp] – Vintage Print
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(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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This historic photograph of [Apache Mescal camp] brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Apache Mescal camp]
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Among images of Native life, this one turns to food preparation, showing an Apache camp built around mescal, the agave whose roasted hearts were a staple food cooked in earth ovens. Edward S. Curtis made the photograph around 1903, while he was building his large documentary survey of Native peoples, later published as *The North American Indian*. Curtis often arranged his subjects and settings, so the scene reflects his choices as well as everyday routines. It is worth looking closely at the people and their work as a record of a practice that was common among Apache communities at the time.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | LC no. 2. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--1900-1910. Apache Indians--1900-1910. Children & adults--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,642 × 3,717 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222203 |
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