The Oldest Man of Nootka

In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The eleventh volume, featuring the Nootka, Clayoquot and Haida trib...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Other Authors: John Andrew & Son
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 1915
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Online Access:http://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/u?/p16118coll16,498
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Summary:In 1906, Edward S. Curtis received funding from J.P. Morgan to begin work on "The North American Indian," a twenty volume set of photographs and text documenting Native American tribes throughout the western United States. The eleventh volume, featuring the Nootka, Clayoquot and Haida tribes, was published in 1916. "This individual is the most primitive relic in the modernized village of Nootka. Stark naked, he may be seen hobbling about the beach or squatting in the sun, living in thought in the golden age when the social and ceremonial customs of his people were what they had always been." Harriet Bullitt Master images photographed at 300 ppi, 48 bit color, and saved as TIFF files. Adobe Photoshop used to crop, resize and convert to JPEG format. Master image file size: 306,758,784 bytes. Published No Copyright - United States This item was published prior to 1923 and is in the public domain. No known copyright restrictions identified by the library at the time of scanning in March 2018.