A camp among the oaks – Antique 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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This historic photograph of A camp among the oaks brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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A camp among the oaks
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Beneath a stand of oaks, this camp scene stands apart from many of the domestic views Edward S. Curtis made around 1903. The shade of the trees gives the dwellings a sheltered look. Curtis was then deep into his long project to document Native American life across the West, and he often arranged subjects and structures to show daily routines and traditional building methods. This print is catalogued as number 128 in his series and was registered for copyright, a reminder that his photographs served both as records and as published work. Today, such pictures are useful for seeing how camps were built and how families lived, though they also reflect the photographer's choices about what to show.
| Created / published | c1903. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H33842 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 128. Copyright by E.S. Curtis. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Domestic life--1900-1910. Indians of North America--Structures--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,652 × 3,752 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222215 |
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