Finding Aid to the Ed Drew Tintype Collection PC 041
Jaime Henderson, 2019
California Historical Society
July 2019
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Ed Drew Tintype Collection
Creator:
Drew, Ed
Identifier/Call Number: PC 041
Physical Description:
1 folder
Date: 2014
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Collection contains three tintypes portraits taken by photographer Ed Drew in 2014. Two
tintypes are portraits of Plummie Wright Sr. and Maryanne Wright (Mrs. Plummie Wright Sr.)
of the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon. A third tintype is a self-portrait of Ed Drew. Drew
was commissioned by Klamath Tribal Health and Family Services to make portraits during
several talking circle weekends, in which participants recounted challenging life
experiences. The portraits of Plummie and Maryanne Wright were included in Drew's series
The People of Klamath Falls, which features photographs of
individuals descended from the Klamath and Pit River Paiute tribes of southern Oregon and
the Modoc Indians of northern California. Drew's photographs from this series were featured
in the 2014 California Historical Society exhibition
Native
Portraits: Contemporary Tintypes by Ed Drew
.
Ed Drew grew up in Brooklyn, New York City, and joined the military a month after
completing high school. It was while serving in Japan's Yokota Air Base near Tokyo that he
discovered his passion for art. He received a BFA in Sculpture with a minor in Photography
from the San Francisco Art Institute while serving in the California Air National Guard as
an aerial gunner. In 2013 he was deployed to Afghanistan as a helicopter aerial gunner with
a U.S. Air Force Combat Rescue Unit. During his three month tour in the Helmand River
Province, he created tintypes - the first tintypes made in a combat zone since the Civil War
- of the men and women he worked with.
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Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection,
created by Ed Drew, was not transferred to the California Historical Society (CHS).
Permission for reproduction or publication of materials in this collection beyond that
allowed by fair use must be secured from the copyright holder.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ed Drew, 2018.
[Identification of item, date]; Ed Drew Tintype Collection, PC 041; Box P007, Folder 1;
California Historical Society.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Indigenous peoples -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works
Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon -- Pictorial works
Tintypes
Drew, Ed
Wright, Plummie, Sr.
Wright, Maryanne