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Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

140 gelatin silver prints

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Lake Superior Chippewa  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gelatin silver prints

Photographic prints

Place:

New York (State) -- New York City

Odanah (Wis.)

Date:

1970-1971

Summary:

This collection contains gelatin silver photographs shot by photographer David Grant Noble that depict Mohawk ironworkers constructing a building in New York City and Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) wild rice harvesting in Wisconsin and Minnesota, 1970-1971.

Scope and Contents:

This collection contains 140 gelatin silver prints shot by photographer David Grant Noble from 1970-1971. The photographs depict Mohawk ironworkers at a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City; Lake Superior Chippewa band of Anishinaabe harvesting wild rice on the Bad River Reservation in Odanah, Wisconsin; Minnesota Chippewa [Bois Forte/Nett Lake, Minnesota] band of Anishinaabe harvesting wild rice on the Bois Forte Reservation in northern Minnesota; and Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Pinery Indian Cemetery in L'Anse, Michigan.

Arrangement:

The photographs are arranged in folders and oversize boxes according to subject matter.

Biographical / Historical:

David Grant Noble is a professional photographer, author, and editor living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. After attending Yale University, Noble served in the U.S. Army in 1962 where he began his photography career.

In 1970, Noble was shooting street photography when he befriended Mohawk ironworkers constructing a building at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City. They invited him to document their work including photographing them many stories above street level.

From 1971-1989, Noble worked at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe where he photographed and studied American southwest archaeological ruins, cliff dwellings, rock art, and landscapes. His books include Ancient Ruins of the Southwest: an Archaeological Guide, Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma, and In the Places of the Spirits.

Noble's photographs are in the collections of numerous public institutions including Yale University's Beinecke Library, Museum of New Mexico, and New York City Public Library. He is also the recipient of the 2011 Emil Haury Award from the Western National Parks Association and the 2003 Victor Stoner Award from the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society.

Provenance:

The photographs in this collection were a Museum purchase and gift of David Grant Noble.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Topic:

Indians of North America -- Québec (Province)  Search this

Construction workers  Search this

Structural steel workers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.113

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-113

Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Container:

Photo-folder 5-16

Oversize 1

Oversize 2

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 81 gelatin silver prints depicting the Lake Superior Chippewa band of Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) harvesting wild rice on the Bad River Reservation in Odanah, Wisconsin. The photographs were shot by David Grant Noble in 1970-1971. The photographer wrote captions on the back of most of the photographs.

The photos depict boat launching and towing on the Bad River Reservation; wild rice harvesting on the Bad River and in the Kakagon Sloughs on Lake Superior; and ceremonies and community festivals and games after the wild rice harvesting. Individuals depicted include Marie LaPointe.

Arrangement:

Photographer David Grant Noble arranged the photographs in this series in rough sequential order.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.113, Series 2

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref508

Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

28 gelatin silver prints

Container:

Photo-folder 17-20

Oversize 2

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Gelatin silver prints

Date:

September 1971

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 28 gelatin silver prints depicting the Minnesota Chippewa [Bois Forte/Nett Lake, Minnesota] band of Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) on the Bois Forte Reservation in northern Minnesota. The photographs were shot by David Grant Noble in September 1971. The photographer wrote captions on the back of most of the photographs.

The photographs depict wild rice harvesting and processing, as well as photographs of children playing. Some of the photographs depicting wild rice processing at the home of Ira Isham.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.113, Series 3

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Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref509

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 1

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Walter Jay Goodleaf, a Mohawk ironworker, leaning on a steel beam on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref10

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 1

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Jay Jacobs and Sparky Rice, two Mohawk ironworkers, standing on steel beams on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City. An American flag is flying in the background.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref12

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 2

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Arnold Goodleaf, a Mohawk ironworker, standing on a building under construction at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref14

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 3

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Arnold Goodleaf and an unidentified man on the left working on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref16

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 3

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting unidentified Mohawk ironworkers wearing construction helmets and pulling a rope on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref18

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 4

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting an unidentified Mohawk ironworker wearing a construction helmet with a feather attached. He sits on a barrel and is operating a switch on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref20

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 4

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting an unidentified Mohawk ironworker wearing a construction helmet with a feather attached. He sits on a steal beam and smokes a cigarette while American flags wave in the background. The photograph was shot on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref22

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 3

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Roger Horne, a Mohawk ironworker, grasping a rope in each hand and looking upward on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref24

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 3

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Roger Horne, a Mohawk ironworker, on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref26

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 2

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Jay Jacobs, a Mohawk ironworker, guiding a steel beam into place and smoking a cigarette on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref28

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 2

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Jay Jacobs, a Mohawk ironworker, guiding a steel beam into place on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref30

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 2

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Sparky Rice, a Mohawk ironworker, smoking a cigarette and guiding a steel beam into place on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref31

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 4

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting a Mohawk ironworker smoking a cigarette and standing in between a steel beam and several planks of wood on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

See more items in:

David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref34

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 1

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph depicting Jay Jacobs and Sparky Rice, Mohawk ironworkers, hanging an American flag from the corner of a building they are constructing at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref36

Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

16 gelatin silver prints

Type:

Archival materials

Gelatin silver prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 16 gelatin silver prints shot by photographer David Grant Noble from 1970-1971. The photographs depict Mohawk ironworkers at a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City. These action shots depict the men at work many stories above street level. Walter Jay Goodleaf, Arnold Goodleaf, Roger Horne, Jay Jacobs, and Sparky Rice are among the Mohawk ironworkers depicted in the images.

According to Noble, the ironworkers were from the Kahnawake Reserve on the St. Lawrence River near Montreal, Canada. During the construction project, the men lived in the North Gawanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, but would drive home to Kahnawake on the weekends.

All the photographs in this series are signed by the photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Collection Rights:

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu.

Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.113, Series 1

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David Grant Noble photographs

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref505

Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

15 gelatin silver prints

Container:

Photo-folder 21-23

Culture:

Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Gelatin silver prints

Date:

September 1970

Scope and Contents:

This series contains 15 gelatin silver prints depicting "spirit houses" in the Anishinaabe (Chippewa/Ojibwa) Pinery Indian Cemetery in L'Anse, Michigan. The photos were shot by David Grant Noble in September 1970. The Spirit Houses were made of bark and were placed over individual graves.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

This series is RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.113, Series 4

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David Grant Noble photographs

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmai-ac-113-ref507

Collection Photographer:

Noble, David Grant  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print

Container:

Photo-folder 4

Culture:

Mohawk  Search this

Mohawk [Kahnawake (Caughnawaga)]  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Photographic prints

Date:

1970-1971

Scope and Contents:

Photograph of Mohawk ironworkers climbing a metal pole on a construction site at Park Avenue and 53rd Street in New York City.

Collection Restrictions:

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Collection Rights:

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Some photographs in this collection are RESTRICTED due to Cultural Sensitivity.

Collection Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); David Grant Noble photographs, Box and Photo Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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David Grant Noble photographs

David Grant Noble photographs / Series 1: Mohawk Ironworkers

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

EDAN-URL:

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