Berry pickers, Kotzebue – 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.)
Description
Step back in time with Berry pickers, Kotzebue, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Berry pickers, Kotzebue
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Taken near Kotzebue, a community on Kotzebue Sound in northwestern Alaska, this photograph shows berry pickers bundled in heavy fur coats, a reminder of how the cold shaped even the brief summer season of gathering. Edward S. Curtis made it around 1929 for *The North American Indian*, where it appears in volume 20. Picking wild berries was a seasonal part of subsistence life for Inupiat families along the Arctic coast, and Curtis's pictures of such everyday work were meant to record a way of life he believed was changing quickly.
| Created / published | c1929 February 28. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1920-1930. |
| Notes | J299914 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. 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, v. 20, p. 162. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--Subsistence activities--Alaska--Kotzebue--1920-1930. Eskimos--Subsistence activities--1920-1930. Berry pickers--Alaska--Kotzebue--1920-1930. Foraging--Alaska--Kotzebue--1920-1930. Fur coats--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,186 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-141371 |
More from the Historic Print Archive collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old well plaza](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/b1/b151cde5cb70-400.webp)
![[Fort Scott, Kansas, ca. 1840-1869]: Old government buildings, erected 1843](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/5a/5a9bbf4fee2c-400.webp)
![Cascade Mountains, near Seattle, Wash.: [Man reacing toward top of huge fir log]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9f40a2fc3ac6-400.webp)
