Piegan encampment / Curtis. – Vintage 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Piegan encampment / Curtis.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Piegan encampment / Curtis.
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The Piegan, a Blackfeet-speaking people of northern Montana and southern Alberta, lived in tipis that could be packed and moved with the bison herds, and this Edward S. Curtis photograph shows such a camp around 1900. Curtis made his *North American Indian* project to record Native life before he believed traditional ways would vanish, and this image appeared as plate 207 in volume 6 of that work. Curtis often arranged people and props for his camera, so the scene reflects his vision as much as everyday routine.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900. |
| Notes | D15756 U.S. Copyright Office. LC no. 71. Curtis, v. 6, pl. 207. 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. 6, pl. 207. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Dwellings--1900. Piegan Indians--Dwellings--1900. Tipis--1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,618 × 3,732 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222195 |
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