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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 3 plate no. 80 Oasis in the Bad Lands - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 80

Title

Oasis in the Bad Lands

Curtis Caption

This picture was made in the heart of the Bad Lands of South Dakota. The subject is the sub-chief Red Hawk, a sketch of whose life is given on page 188 of Volume III.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son

Date of Original

1905

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.03, The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1908), plate no. 80

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.

cp03005

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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