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[An Apache girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing bead necklace, with blanket around her] – Vintage Wall Art

[An Apache girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing bead necklace, with blanket around her], c1903. — historic photograph
[An Apache girl, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing bead necklace, with blanket around her], c1903.. 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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A young Apache girl gazes straight into the lens in this close head-and-shoulders portrait, a blanket drawn around her shoulders and a beaded necklace visible at her throat. The picture comes from Edward S. Curtis's work on *The North American Indian*, a multi-volume study he began around 1900 and later pursued with financial backing from J. P. Morgan. Curtis often arranged his subjects and chose clothing and ornaments to suggest traditional life, so the portrait reflects his documentary aims as much as the sitter's own appearance. Its focus on a child also shows that the project included ordinary people, not only the chiefs and ceremonies it most often illustrated.

Created / publishedc1903.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesEdward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 127. LC no. 86.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Children--1900-1910. Apache Indians--Children--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,747 × 4,662 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222294

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