5000 NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN PHOTOS ephemera images 6/4

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Want to buy-it-now instead of waiting for this auction to end? Click to find this same item in my ebay store. What masterpiece can you create with over 5000 incredible vintage Native American jpg image files? The possibilities are endless! Altered art trading cards, scrapbooking page elements, art collage, decoupage, one-of-a-kind gift cards or greeting cards.... Get this incredible 2 CD set entitled: The American Indians Historical CollectionA breathtaking treasury of over 5000+ detailed photographs of native American Indians taken between 1907 and 1930 by the renowned historian Edward S. Curtis. Also includes 44 chants, songs and books and 7 absorbing historic films that provide a never-before insight into the lives of native American Indians. The Edward S. Curtis photographic collection is one of the most significant records of Native culture ever compiled. With an astounding wealth of photographic images taken between 1907 and 1930 - featuring over 80 native tribes and presented in a 20 volume set organized by tribe and cultural areas. the Glory Years of the American Indian - this collection took over 30 years to complete. These photos and early films cover many aspects of life and work, including housing, clothing, transportation, education, traditional and ceremonial dress, rites and ceremonies, dwellings and other structures, agriculture, arts and crafts, dances, games, food preparation, scenery, employment, and tons more! This collection was originally sold by a limited-edition subscription in 1924 for $4,200. The lavishly illustrated volumes were printed on the finest paper and bound in expensive leather, making the price prohibitive for all but the most avid collectors and libraries. The pictures average in size from 100KB - 200KB each You may read more about the collection below.Biography and Background of the Edward S. Curtis. Edward S. Curtis is one of the most well-recognized and celebrated photographers of Native people. Born near White Water, Wisconsin, on February 16, 1868, he became interested in the emerging art of photography when he was quite young, building his first camera when he was still an adolescent. In Seattle, w his family moved in 1887, he acquired part interest in a portrait photography studio and soon became sole owner of the successful business, renaming it Edward S. Curtis Photographer and Photoengraver.In the mid 1890s, Curtis began photographing local Puget Sound Native Americans digging for clams and mussels on the tide flats. One of his earliest models was Princess Angeline, the aged daughter of Sealth, the Suquamish chief after whom Seattle was named. Later, as an official photographer of the 1899 Harriman Expedition, Curtis documented the geological features of the Alaskan wilderness as well as its indigenous population. This was a pivotal experience for Curtis and greatly increased his interest in Native cultures. He visited tribal communities in Montana and Arizona and began in earnest to photograph many other Native Americans in the West, spending more time in the field and less time in his studio.The North American Indian Project In the early years of the 20th century, Curtis embarked on a thirty-year mission which he described as an effort "to form a comprehensive and permanent record of all the important tribes of the United States and Alaska that still retain to a considerable degree their...customs and traditions." He predicted that indigenous communities would inevitably be absorbed into white society, losing their unique cultural identities. He wanted to create a scholarly and artistic work that would document the ceremonies, beliefs, customs, daily life, and leaders of these groups before they "vanished." The North American Indian project would be a set of 20 volumes of ethnographic text illustrated with high quality photo engravings taken from his glass plate negatives. Each of these volumes would be accompanied by a portfolio of large size photogravures, elegantly bound in leather an... read more

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