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Band of mounted Navahos passing through Cañon – Vintage Wall Art

Band of mounted Navahos passing through Cañon, c1904. — historic photograph
Band of mounted Navahos passing through Cañon, c1904.. Historic photograph from the Native Americans 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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Band of mounted Navahos passing through Cañon comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Mounted riders pass through a canyon in this c1904 photograph by Edward S. Curtis, a scene of movement rather than the posed portraits for which he is often remembered. Horses had become central to Navajo life by the early twentieth century, used for travel, herding and trade across the Southwest's open country. Curtis made photographs like this as part of his broader project to document Native peoples for *The North American Indian*, a multivolume work. Images of everyday travel such as this one preserve a way of moving through the land that changed quickly in the decades that followed.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesLC no. 95. Copyright by Edward S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsIndians of North America--1900-1910. Navajo Indians--1900-1910. Horses--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,742 × 4,677 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222296

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