[Desert rovers--Apache] – Vintage Print
![[Desert rovers--Apache], c1903. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/47/47d334d9ff41-L.webp)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Desert rovers--Apache]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Riders on horseback give this portrait its motion, and the title "Desert Rovers" frames the group as people of open, arid country rather than as a studio arrangement. Edward S. Curtis made it around 1903 as part of his effort to document Native American life before what he saw as its decline. It was later published as plate 3 in the supplemental volume of *The North American Indian*, the multi-volume series he produced between 1907 and 1930. Apache horsemanship and the desert landscape were recurring subjects in his work, and the picture shows how he combined portraiture with scenes of daily life.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1900-1910.Group portraits 1900-1910.Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 137. LC no. 40. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. 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. 1, pl. 3. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--1900-1910. Apache Indians--1900-1910. Horseback riding--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,632 × 3,732 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222164 |
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