Shores of Walker Lake--Paviotso – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Shores of Walker Lake--Paviotso, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Shores of Walker Lake--Paviotso
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Spear fishing on the shore of Walker Lake in western Nevada is the subsistence activity this picture records, a practice that once fed Northern Paiute people, identified here as Paviotso. Edward S. Curtis made the photograph around 1924 as part of his long effort to document Native American life, and it was published in the supplement volume of *The North American Indian*, plate 534. Curtis often posed subjects and arranged props, so the scene reflects his picture of traditional life as much as everyday routine. Walker Lake is a remnant of ancient Lake Lahontan, which helps explain why its shores supported communities for so long.
| Created / published | c1924 August 5. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | J270862 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 4135. 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. 15, pl. 534. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--Nevada--1920-1930. Northern Paiute Indians--Subsistence activities--Nevada--1920-1930. Lakes & ponds--Nevada--1920-1930. Spear fishing--Nevada--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,161 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126004 |
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