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A Jicarilla man – Antique Print

A Jicarilla man, c1904. — historic photograph
A Jicarilla man, 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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This rare historic photograph captures A Jicarilla man in remarkable 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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A Jicarilla man

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The record names the sitter only as a Jicarilla man, a member of an Apache people based in north-central New Mexico. Edward S. Curtis made portraits like this one while working on *The North American Indian*, a multivolume survey he began in 1907 and continued for about three decades, driven by a belief that traditional ways of life were disappearing. Curtis often posed his subjects and chose clothing and settings with care, so the picture records both a real person and the photographer's view of what Native life should look like. Today it is read as evidence of a particular moment and of how outsiders framed Native identity.

Created / publishedc1904.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesLC no. 89. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsIndians of North America--1900-1910. Jicarilla Indians--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,747 × 4,657 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-222282

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