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Petroglyphs--Wishham – Antique Print

Petroglyphs--Wishham, c1910. — historic photograph
Petroglyphs--Wishham, c1910.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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 rare historic photograph captures Petroglyphs--Wishham in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Cut into the rock along the Columbia River near Wishram, these markings were photographed by Edward S. Curtis as part of his effort to record Native life in the Pacific Northwest. The Wishram, a Chinookan-speaking people, lived on the river near Celilo Falls, and their rock designs are among the regional sites that drew attention in the early twentieth century. Curtis included the image in volume 8 of *The North American Indian*, where it appears under the theme of communication through signs. Looking at it now, you can see how weather has worn the designs while their original meanings remain uncertain.

Created / publishedc1910.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910.
NotesJ139777 U.S. Copyright Office. Title on verso: Wishham pictographs. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3016-09. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 8, p. 110.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Communication--1910. Tlakluit Indians--Communication--1910. Rock art--1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194770

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