Shoalwater Bay type – 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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This rare historic photograph captures Shoalwater Bay type in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Shoalwater Bay type
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Titled for Shoalwater Bay, the inlet on Washington's southwestern coast now called Willapa Bay, this portrait is tied to a specific place and to the Salishan-speaking people recorded in its subject headings. Edward S. Curtis made it around 1913 for his multi-volume study *The North American Indian*, which he published between 1907 and 1930; this image appeared in volume 9. Curtis often posed his sitters in older garments and styled the scenes to suggest a traditional past rather than the everyday life of his time, so the clothing deserves as much attention as the face.
| Created / published | c1913. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1910-1920.Photographic prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | J182566 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Curtis no. 3390-12. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, v. 9, p. 18. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Clothing & dress--1910-1920. Salishan Indians--Clothing & dress--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,279 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-194753 |
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