Apache girl and papoose – 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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A window into the past: Apache girl and papoose, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Apache girl and papoose
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An Apache girl poses with an infant bound in a cradleboard, the carrier that Apache and many other Native families used to hold and transport babies. Edward S. Curtis made the photograph around 1903, early in his multivolume project *The North American Indian*, which he began in 1900 with financial backing from J.P. Morgan. Curtis aimed to record what he regarded as traditional ways of life, so the picture documents domestic routines and dress, though its staging reflects his own choices as a photographer. The Library of Congress holds the print as part of his collection.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Group portraits 1900-1910.Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Title transcribed from item. Curtis no. 126. LC no. 34. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910. Apache Indians--Domestic life--1900-1910. Cradleboards--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,747 × 4,672 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222201 |
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