Photographs of Towns and Indians of the Southwest: Finding
Aid
Finding aid prepared by Michelle Sanchez.
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Photographs of Towns and Indians of the Southwest
Dates (inclusive): approximately 1880s-1890s
Collection Number: photCL 215
Creators:
Brown, W. Cal.
Lummis, Charles Fletcher, 1859-1928.
Taber, I.W. (Isaiah West), 1830-1912.
Extent:
208 prints in 1 box; prints 18 x 24 cm. (7.25 x 9.5 in.) and smaller.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Photo Archives
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: A collection of photographs focusing on Apache and Pueblo Indians and the pueblos of Isleta, Jemez, Taos, Zuni (and dancers),
Laguna, and Walpi, ca. 1880s-1890s.
There are also early views of Albuquerque and Santa Fe in New Mexico, and Florence and Flagstaff in Arizona; unidentified
towns; the Riordan Mansion; Casa Grande ruins (Arizona); cliff-dwellings;
and a halfway rest station between Casa Grande and Florence. Mohave, Navajo, Maricopa, Moqui (Hopi), and Pima Indians are
also represented. There are some views of digs and human remains
unearthed by the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition. Includes some photographs by Charles F. Lummis, Isaiah
W. Taber, W. Calvin Brown, and a photographer called “Sanders.”
Language: English.
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Preferred Citation
Photographs of Towns and Indians of the Southwest. The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Alta California Bookstore, February 7, 1977.
Scope and Content of Collection
A collection of photographs focusing on Apache and Pueblo Indians and the pueblos of Isleta, Jemez, Taos, Zuni (and dancers),
Laguna, and Walpi, ca. 1880s-1890s.
There are also early views of Albuquerque and Santa Fe in New Mexico, and Florence and Flagstaff in Arizona; unidentified
towns; the Riordan Mansion; Casa Grande ruins (Arizona); cliff-dwellings;
and a halfway rest station between Casa Grande and Florence. Mohave, Navajo, Maricopa, Moqui (Hopi), and Pima Indians are
also represented. There are some views of digs and human remains
unearthed by the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition. Includes some photographs by Charles F. Lummis, Isaiah
W. Taber, W. Calvin Brown, and a photographer called “Sanders.”
Images of the Indians include studio portraits and candid field photographs, in particular, Moqui (Hopi) and Zuni Indian dances
as well as groups of men on horseback.
Other people pictured are Frank Granger Logan, a philanthropist who funded many archaeological expeditions to the Southwest,
and D.B. Robinson, an Arizona businessman.
Also included is an unidentified newspaper clipping that reports on the Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition. Research
has shown this article to have been published January 1888.
Several photos are marked “Sellers” on the reverse, but it is unclear who this refers to. Photographs that have “Sellers”
written on their versos are grouped in Folder 5.
Copy negatives have been made for photographs (8), (12), (45), (149), and (162).
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged in their original order; therefore some subjects appear throughout the collection.
Indexing Terms
Apache Indians -- Photographs.
Cliff-dwellings -- Photographs.
Hemenway Southwestern Archaeological Expedition (1886-1894) -- Photographs.
Hopi Indians -- Photographs.
Indians of North America—Southwest, New -- Photographs.
Jicarilla Indians -- Photographs.
Maricopa Indians -- Photographs.
Mescalero Indians -- Photographs.
Mohave Indians -- Photographs.
Navajo Indians -- Photographs.
Pima Indians -- Photographs.
Pueblo Indians -- Photographs.
Yavapai Indians -- Photographs.
Zuni dance -- Photographs.
Zuni Indians -- Photographs.
Hogans -- Photographs.
Albuquerque (N.M.) -- Photographs.
Casa Grande (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Flagstaff (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Florence (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Isleta Pueblo (N.M.) -- Photographs.
Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico -- Photographs.
Pueblo of Laguna (N.M.) -- Photographs.
Santa Fe (N.M.) -- Photographs.
Taos Pueblo (N.M.) -- Photographs.
Walpi (Ariz.) -- Photographs.
Clippings.
Photographs.
Studio portraits.
Folder 1, Items 1-19
Albuquerque, Jemez Pueblo, Laguna (NM); Walpi (AZ)
Folder 2, Items 20-33
Moqui and Mohave Indians; Walpi; “Mexican adobe house” [a house in Albuquerque on River Road]; Chalcedony Park (AZ)
Folder 3, Items 34-50
Apache, Navajo, Maricopa, Mohave, Taos, and Pima Indians; Zuni (NM); Hemenway Archaeological Expedition
Folder 4, Items 51-77
Zuni, Laguna, Isleta, Taos (NM); Mohave and Pueblo Indians
Folder 5, Items 78-101
Indians; “Old Ned and his family” [Indian man and his wife and children in Western style clothes]; Riordan Mansion; Albuquerque;
Flagstaff (AZ)
Folder 6, Items 102-125
Casa Grande ruins (AZ); Florence (AZ)
Folder 7, Items 126-149
Halfway Station (AZ); Pueblos; unidentified town
Folder 8, Items 150-174
Halfway Station (AZ); F.G. Logan and his wife; unidentified towns; Indians; men on horseback
Folder 9, Items 175-208
Isleta; Indians; “The Needles” [gathering place near “Needles” rock formation in Arizona]; D.B. Robinson; railroads; miscellaneous
