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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 6 plate no. 209 Three chiefs – Piegan - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 209

Title

Three chiefs - Piegan

Curtis Caption

Three proud old leaders of their people. A picture of the primal upland prairies with their waving grass and limpid streams. A glimpse of the life and conditions which are on the verge of extinction.

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

1900

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.06, The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1911), plate no. 209

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.

cp06026

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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