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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 11 plate no. 396 Captured whale - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 396

Title

Captured whale

Curtis Caption

A small humpback whale (Megapter) lies partially butchered on the beach at Neah Bay.

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 36 x 43 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son

Date of Original

1915

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.11, The Nootka. The Haida ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1916), plate no. 396

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.

cp11032

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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