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Weighing Pig Lead

Date: 05 1866
Description: Engraved view of two men in a train locomotive observing the weighing of pig lead. Several bars of lead are stacked near the scale.
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The Oath — Apsaroke

Date: 1908
Description: Three Crow Indians with Buffalo skull at their feet take an oath. Signed by Curtis, 1909.
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Plains Indians

Date: 1908
Description: Three Plains Indians on horses with full headdresses.
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Navaho Medicine-Man

Date: 1904
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Navaho medicine man.
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Three Navaho Men

Date: 1904
Description: Three Navaho men, Tonenili, Tobadzischini, and Nayenezgani.
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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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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 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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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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Edwin O. Kimberly

Date: 1900
Description: Photographic calling card of Colonel Edwin O. Kimberly. During the Civil War he was in the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry. It is noted on the card that he was the ...
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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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Oyi-Tsa "Duck White" Summer Cacique of Santa Clara

Date: 1905
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Duck White.

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