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Edward S. Curtis’s
The North American Indian

portfolio 16 plate no. 564 Acoma belfry - photogravure plate

Portfolio plate no. 564

Title

Acoma belfry

Curtis Caption

With the possible exception of Sia, Acoma possesses the oldest church among the pueblos. Its bell is dated 1710, but the massive structure may have been erected as early as 1699. (See Volume XVI, pages 170-171.)

Creator

Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952

Physical Description

1 photogravure : brown ink ; 35 x 44 cm [plate size]
Original photogravure produced in Norwood, Mass. by Plimpton Press

Date of Original

1904

Source

The North American Indian (1907-1930) v.16, The Tiwa. The Keres. ([Seattle] : E.S. Curtis ; [Cambridge, Mass. : The University Press], 1926), plate no. 564

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.

cp16021

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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