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Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Graphic Materials
Paintings
Works of art
Place:
Casa Grande (Ariz.)
North America
Date:
1909
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of one (1) painting depicting the ruins at Casa Grande. The painting was made by Spencer B. Nichols for the Ancient Pueblos and New Mexico exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition held in Seattle in 1909. More information about the painting can be found in: The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1909, p. 42.
Please note that the contents of the collection and the language and terminology used reflect the context and culture of the time of its creation. As an historical document, its contents may be at odds with contemporary views and terminology and considered offensive today. The information within this collection does not reflect the views of the Smithsonian Institution or National Anthropological Archives, but is available in its original form to facilitate research.
Biographical / Historical:
Spencer Baird Nichols (1875-1950) was an American portrait painter, landscape painter, muralist, book illustrator, and educator.
