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[State Historical Society of Colorado woodcut prints of Native American activities].
BANC PIC 2018.007--B
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Title:

[State Historical Society of Colorado woodcut prints of Native American activities]

Creator/Contributor:

State Historical Society of Colorado, creator, publisher.

Creator/Contributor:

Keeler, Harold, artist.

Creator/Contributor:

Scott, San, artist.

Creator/Contributor:

Federal Art Project

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Work Projects Administration.

Abstract:

Educational prints depicting various activities of Native Americans and trappers from Colorado's history.

Date:

1940 (issued)

Contents:

1. The trapper; trapping beaver / Harold Keeler and Sam Scott -- 2. The trapper; Red River cart / Harold Keeler and Sam Scott -- 3. The rendezvous / Harold Keeler and Sam Scott -- 4. The trapper; food and clothing / Harold Keeler and Sam Scott -- 5. Wapiti is the correct name for the American "elk"; our moose is of the elk genus; our American "buffalo" is rightly, bison; the water buffalo of India is the true buffalo; [many additional captions pertaining to trappers, their prey and their relation to Native Americans] / Miller -- 6. War / Miller -- 7. Nomadic Indian tribes; tipi construction / Miller -- 8. [No title; group of four Native Americans, hunting hare, with village structures in background] / [artist unknown] -- 9. Nomadic Indian tribes; dog travel / -- [artist unknown]

Subject:

n-us-co
Indians of North America -- Colorado -- Pictorial works
Trappers -- Colorado -- Pictorial works
Colorado -- History -- Pictorial works

Note:

Title devised by cataloger.
Commissioned by State Historical Society of Colorado; funded by Federal Art Project of Works Progress Administration.
Most prints include title and other descriptive text, and names of publisher and artists, printed at lower edge and/or elsewhere in image.
Identified artists include Harold Keeler, Sam Scott and Miller.
State Historical Society of Colorado woodcut prints of Native American activities, BANC PIC 2018.007, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Purchase ; from Margolis & Moss ; 2017.

Type:

graphic
Woodcuts-Colorado.
Prints, color.

Physical Description:

print
9 prints in 1 folder : color woodcuts on paper ; sheets 31 x 44 cm

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 2018.007--B

Origin:

California