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Chemehuevi mother and child – Antique Wall Art

Chemehuevi mother and child, c1907. — historic photograph
Chemehuevi mother and child, c1907.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive 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 window into the past: Chemehuevi mother and child, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few images in Edward S. Curtis's vast body of work are as tender as this one, a c1907 portrait of a Chemehuevi mother and child. The Chemehuevi are closely related to the Southern Paiute and traditionally lived along the Colorado River and in the surrounding deserts of present-day California and Arizona. Curtis made portraits like this as part of his long effort to document Native American life, a project he carried on for decades with financial backing from J. P. Morgan. The catalog number and copyright registration attached to the photograph show how carefully Curtis tracked each image, though the sitters' names are not recorded here.

Created / publishedc1907.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Group portraits 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH99547 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 2397-07.
SubjectsIndians of North America--Children--1900-1910. Chemehuevi Indians--Children--1900-1910. Mothers & children--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,259 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-188602

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