Little Daylight – Antique 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Little Daylight, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Little Daylight
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Little Daylight is the sitter named in this 1905 portrait, which the record places in Edward S. Curtis's ongoing effort to document Native peoples of North America. The headdress is the main subject detail, and it is worth looking at closely, since headdresses like this one carried specific meanings within their communities. Curtis often posed his subjects in traditional regalia, sometimes with clothing and props he supplied, and he worked on the premise that these cultures were disappearing. Viewers today read such portraits as both a record of the person and a product of the photographer's choices about pose, lighting, and dress.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 275-05. LC no. 66. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Little Daylight. Indians of North America--1900-1910. Headdresses--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,747 × 4,642 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222188 |
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