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Plains Indians

Date: 1908
Description: Three Plains Indians on horses with full headdresses.
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The Pool — Apache

Date: 1906
Description: An Apache man standing by the edge of a pool of water.
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Two Plains Indians on Horseback

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Description: Two plains Indians on horseback.
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Flathead Childhood

Date: 1910
Description: Outdoor portrait of a young American Indian.
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Village of the Kalispel

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "The Kalispel, who now number about a hundred, are scattered along the eastern side of the Pend d'Oreille river in eastern Wash...
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On Spokane River

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "Spokane river, from a short distance below its head in Coeur d'Alene lake to its confluence with the Columbia, flows through t...
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A Hesquiat Woman

Date: 1915
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Hesquiat woman.
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Ugiyaku — Nunivak

Date: 1930
Description: The original caption reads: "This contented young woman wears a nose-ring and a labret. Her waterproof hooded parka is made of intestinal parchment." A hea...
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Woman and Child — Nunivak

Date: 1928
Description: Portrait of a Nunivak woman and child.
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A Family Group — Noatak

Date: 1928
Description: Seated portrait of a woman, man, and child.
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Shot In The Hand — Apsaroke

Date: 1908
Description: The original caption reads: "A biographical sketch of this subject is given in Volume IV, page 204." A waist-up portrait of a man in profile.
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In a Piegan Lodge

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "Little Plume with his son Yellow Kidney occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. The pictu...
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At the Water's Edge — Piegan

Date: 1910
Description: American Indians sitting near dwellings at the edge of a body of water.
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A Medicine Pipe — Piegan

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "Medicine-pipes, of which the Piegan have many, are simply long pipe-stems variously decorated with beads, paint, feathers, and...
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A Chief of the Desert — Navaho

Date: 1904
Description: The original caption reads: "Picturing not only the individual but a characteristic member of the tribe — disdainful, energetic, self-reliant." A head and ...
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Mohave Chief

Date: 1903
Description: The original caption reads: "A representative type of the Mohave men." From "The North American Indian," the multi-volume set in which Curtis attempted to ...
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The Columbia Near Wind River

Date: 1910
Description: The original caption reads: "The Chinookan tribes on the Columbia obtained their canoes for the greater part from the coast tribes of Washington. The woman...
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Benjamin Franklin in Printing Office

Date: 
Description: An illustration of Benjamin Franklin in his brother's printing office standing with several other men.
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Portrait of Governor William Dempster Hoard

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Description: Quarter-length engraved portrait of William D. Hoard. He is wearing a suit and tie, and has a full moustache and a slight beard. Hoard's signature is repro...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Engraving of the Peck Cabin, after the painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. Caption at bottom reads: "First House in Madison. 1837."

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