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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 10 plate no. 356 Sailing – Qagyuhl - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 356

Title

Sailing - Qagyuhl

Curtis Caption

The canoe in the foreground, fifty-five feet in length overall, is probably the largest native craft now in existence on the North Pacific coast, and it is doubtful if any canoe of greater size was ever made in this region.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 43 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son

Date of Original

1914

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.10, The Kwakiutl ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1915), plate no. 356

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.

cp10028

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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