1881 Grand Canyone,Geological survey,Bureau of Ethnology photographs

Geological survey and Bureau of Ethnology photographs
Title: Geological survey and Bureau of Ethnology photographs
Creator(s): Hillers, John K., 1843-1925, photographer
Date Created/Published: ca. 1872-ca. 1881.
Summary: Scenic photographs of the Grand Canyon, Canyon del Muerto, Canyon de Chelly, and other Arizona and New Mexico sites, many taken on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers survey of the Colorado River and for the Smithsonian's Bureau of Ethnology. Indian-related images include: Hopi mesas, view southward on First Mesa from Hano, with Sichomovi in the middle distance and Walpi at the end of the mesa; Walpi alone; cliff dwellings at Canon de Chelley, one with an Indian man wrapped in a blanket, sitting in foreground; Oraibi homes, drying fruit in foreground; 'Navajo church,' near Fort Wingate; a studio portrait of Kistoa, a Zuni man (possibly photographed in Washington, D.C.); a view over rooftops, of Zuni Pueblo; a Navajo hogan; a Hopi man weaving at Walpi; old cliff tower near Fort Wingate; Hopi pueblos of Mishongnovi (foreground) and Shipaulovi (figure in center is probably James Stevenson); a 'rock tower near fort;' a rooftop view in Zuni, crops drying on rooftops; cliff ruins near Fort Wingate; a wide view of Walpi, taken from below; Hopi Indians along steps, leading to pueblo on mesa, at Walpi; Koyemshi (Mudheads), wearing their distinctive masks, in plaza at Zuni pueblo; and mummy cave ruins at Canyon del Muerto. Also, views of the Grand Canyon with Hillers sitting on a ledge (taken by James Fennemore).
Notes:
Photographer: John K. Hillers, official photographer of the Powell geologic and other surveys, under the sponsorship of the Smithsonian Institution and Congress.
Gift; Mrs. Geo. M. Lockwood, Washington, D.C.; 1909 Nov. 24; (DLC/PP-1909:43909).
Transfer; War Department; 1915 June 4; (DLC/PP-1915:44948).
Transfer; War Department; 1919 Nov. 18; (DLC/PP-1919:46012).
Gift; Mr. Moore, Manuscript Division; 1926 Aug. 5; (DLC/PP-1926:46988).
Gift; Louise McGarell Browne, in memory of her husband C.A. Browne; 1948 April 27.
Gift; Mrs. H.S. Owen; 1932 June 10; (DLC/PP-1932:0021).
Some materials; from unknown sources.
LOT title and other information from Indians of North America ... Library of Congress, 2001.
Subjects:
Indians of North America--Arizona--1870-1890.
Indians of North America--New Mexico--1870-1890.
Expeditions & surveys--West (U.S.)--1870-1890.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--1870-1890.
Chelly, Canyon de (Ariz.)--1870-1890.
Albumen prints--1870-1890.
Bookmark /2004665255/
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