Old Geronimo Catcher – 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.)
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Step back in time with Old Geronimo Catcher, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Old Geronimo Catcher
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The title links this portrait to Geronimo, the Bedonkohe Apache leader who resisted U.S. military campaigns for decades before surrendering in 1886 and spending the rest of his life as a prisoner of war. Edward S. Curtis made the image around 1904 for *The North American Indian*, his multivolume effort to record Native peoples through portraits and ethnographic detail at a time when many communities faced heavy pressure from federal policy. Curtis often posed his sitters in traditional dress against carefully arranged backgrounds, so the picture shows his artistic choices as much as everyday life.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Curtis no. 198-04. LC no. 49. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Old Geronimo Catcher. Indians of North America--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,737 × 4,647 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222179 |
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