Nespilim man – Historic 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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Step back in time with Nespilim man, a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A man of the Nespelim people, who lived in the Columbia Plateau region of north-central Washington, sits for this portrait made around 1904. Edward S. Curtis took it as part of his multi-volume effort, *The North American Indian*, to record Native American peoples through portraits and written ethnographic accounts. This image appeared as plate 244 in the supplement to volume 7, published in the years when Curtis's work reached its widest readership. Like much of Curtis's portraiture, it reflects his staging choices and his aim of preserving what he saw as vanishing traditions, so it is worth viewing alongside the historical context of the project.
| Created / published | c1904. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Portrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | LC no. 15. 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. 7, pl. 244. |
| Subjects | Indians of North America--1900-1910. Nespelim Indians--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,732 × 4,672 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222181 |
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