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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 1 plate no. 7 Apache - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 7

Title

Apache

Curtis Caption

This picture might be titled "Life Primeval." It is the Apache as we would mentally picture him in the time of the Stone Age. It was made at a spot on Black river, Arizona, where the dark, still pool breaks into the laugh of a rapids.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 46 x 33 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son

Date of Original

1906

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.01, The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1907), plate no. 7

Relation

Digital images of the plates supported by an award from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition, and mounted in American Memory. See http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html
Digital reproduction of the photomechanical print

Digital I.D.

cp01007

Rights

For educational, non-commercial use only. Written permission required for any reproduction beyond fair use. Credit: Northwestern University Library, Edward S. Curtis's "The North American Indian," 2003.
http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/curtis/

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