The scouts are all brandishing rifles. Behind them stand several white men. The item is number 98 of the series Scenes in Arizona. The negative was reversed in printing
Cite as:
Photo Lot 90-1, number 576, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Chief Alchise (Alchesay/William Alchesay), White Mountain Apache, 1853-1928
Donor:
Bob Klayman, Non-Indian
Format:
Photogravure
Image Type:
Print
Dimensions:
12 x 17.75 in.
Culture/People:
White Mountain Apache
Place:
White River Valley; Fort Apache Reservation (White Mountain Reservation); Navajo County, Gila County; Arizona; USA (inferred)
Site Name:
White River Valley
Date Created:
1903
Catalog Number:
P28575
Collection History:
Edward Sheriff Curtis opened his first photo studio in 1892 in Seattle, Washington, and began photographing Native subjects. In 1899, he was appointed official photographer of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska and served on other expeditions as well. In 1906, American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) commissioned Curtis to create a multi-volume documentary work on American Indians with 1500 photographs. The final volumes were published in 1930, by which time Curtis had taken 40,000 photographs documenting 80 tribes. This print formerly in the collection of Bob Klayman; donated to NMAI in 2002.
Description:
Outdoor portrait of Chief Alchise (William Alchesay, 1853-1928) posing against against tree. He is wearing a blanket, kerchief headband, and necklaces.
Mary Harriman Rumsey (Mary E. Harriman), Non-Indian, 1881-1934
Format:
Photogravure
Image Type:
Print
Dimensions:
12 x 15 in.
Culture/People:
White Mountain Apache
Place:
White Mountains; Apache County, Navajo County; Arizona; USA (inferred)
Site Name:
White Mountains
Date Created:
1903
Catalog Number:
P11178
Collection History:
Edward Sheriff Curtis opened his first photo studio in 1892 in Seattle, Washington, and began photographing Native subjects. In 1899, he was appointed official photographer of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska and served on other expeditions as well. In 1906, American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) commissioned Curtis to create a multi-volume documentary work on American Indians with 1500 photographs. The final volumes were published in 1930, by which time Curtis had taken 40,000 photographs documenting 80 tribes. This print formerly in the collection of Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881-1934), daughter of E.H. Harriman, who sponsored the 1899 Harriman expedition to Alaska and employed Edward S. Curtis as one of the expedition's official photographers; bequeathed to MAI by Mrs. Rumsey in 1934.
Description:
Group of Apache Indians riding on horseback in a valley of the White Mountain region. Curtis' signature in the lower right hand corner.
Nalin, Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)
Format:
Photogravure
Image Type:
Print
Dimensions:
11 x 16 in.
Culture/People:
Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)
Place:
New Mexico; USA (inferred)
Date Created:
1903
Catalog Number:
P04604
Collection History:
Edward Sheriff Curtis opened his first photo studio in 1892 in Seattle, Washington, and began photographing Native subjects. In 1899, he was appointed official photographer of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska and served on other expeditions as well. In 1906, American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) commissioned Curtis to create a multi-volume documentary work on American Indians with 1500 photographs. The final volumes were published in 1930, by which time Curtis had taken 40,000 photographs documenting 80 tribes. This print formerly in the collection of photographer and publisher William Henry Jackson (1843-1942); donated to MAI at an unknown date.
Description:
Bust-length studio portrait of Nalin, an Apache girl, in traditional clothing, including a beaded necklaces and an abalone shell on her forehead.
Mary Harriman Rumsey (Mary E. Harriman), Non-Indian, 1881-1934
Format:
Photogravure
Image Type:
Print
Dimensions:
10.75 x 15.5 in.
Culture/People:
Apache
Place:
Arizona or New Mexico; USA (inferred)
Date Created:
Copyright 1903
Catalog Number:
P11173
Collection History:
Edward Sheriff Curtis opened his first photo studio in 1892 in Seattle, Washington, and began photographing Native subjects. In 1899, he was appointed official photographer of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska and served on other expeditions as well. In 1906, American financier J. P. Morgan (1837-1913) commissioned Curtis to create a multi-volume documentary work on American Indians with 1500 photographs. The final volumes were published in 1930, by which time Curtis had taken 40,000 photographs documenting 80 tribes. This print formerly in the collection of Mary Harriman Rumsey (1881-1934), daughter of E.H. Harriman, who sponsored the 1899 Harriman expedition to Alaska and employed Edward S. Curtis as one of the expedition's official photographers; bequeathed to MAI by Mrs. Rumsey in 1934.
Description:
Portrait of Eskadi (Eske De) wearing a blanket and a kerchief headband. Curtis' signature in the lower right hand corner.
Allan Houser (Allan Capron Houser/Allan C. Houser), Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico), 1914-1994
Donor:
Patricia R. Wakeling, Non-Indian
Object Name:
Painting
Media/Materials:
Paper, watercolor
Techniques:
Painted
Dimensions:
29.2 x 9.6 cm
Culture/People:
Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date Created:
1952
Catalog Number:
25/8448
Collection History:
Formerly in the collection of Dr. M. Kent Wilson (1920-2000); inherited by Patricia R. Wakeling; donated to NMAI by Ms. Wakeling in 2001 in memory of Dr. M. Kent Wilson.
Allan Houser (Allan Capron Houser/Allan C. Houser), Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico), 1914-1994
Donor:
Patricia R. Wakeling, Non-Indian
Object Name:
Painting
Media/Materials:
Paper, watercolor
Techniques:
Painted
Dimensions:
29.2 x 9.6 cm
Culture/People:
Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache (New Mexico)
Object Type:
Painting/Drawing/Print
Place:
Oklahoma; USA
Date Created:
1952
Catalog Number:
25/8451
Collection History:
Formerly in the collection of Dr. M. Kent Wilson (1920-2000); inherited by Patricia R. Wakeling; donated to NMAI by Ms. Wakeling in 2001 in memory of Dr. M. Kent Wilson.
