2226 North American Indian Photos CD Edwin Curtis - B37

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This digital collection in CD presents the 2226 illustrations from
The North American Indian
by Edward S. Curtis. Many of the striking images from
The North American Indian
have been reproduced widely, especially since the 1970s. While there is controversy about how Curtis romanticized American Indian culture, the intention of this digital collection is to present all of the published images in their entirety, with comprehensive identifying data including plate numbering, dimensions, and the original captions by Curtis. It is hoped that the viewer may get a sense of the content of the rare original volumes, in order to develop an informed understanding of Curtis and his project.
The North American Indian
(1907-1930), by Edward S. Curtis, was published in a limited edition and sold by subscription. The lavishly illustrated volumes were printed on the finest paper and bound in expensive leather, making the price prohibitive for all but the most avid collectors and libraries. Subscriptions sold for about ,000 in 1907; the price rose to about ,200 by 1924. Although the plan was to sell 500 sets, it appears that Curtis secured only about 227 subscriptions over the course of the project.
In 1935 the assets of the project were liquidated, and the remaining materials were sold to the Charles Lauriat Company, a rare book dealer in Boston. Lauriat acquired nineteen unsold sets of
The North American Indian
, thousands of individual prints, sheets of unbound paper, and the handmade copper photogravure plates. They lay forgotten in the bookstore's basement until their rediscovery in the 1970s, which marked the revival of interest in Curtis' haunting images of American Indians.
Each volume measures 12 3/4 inches high, 10 1/4 inches wide and about 3 2/5 inches thick. Each is bound in half leather, that is, the spine and the four corners of the front and back covers are covered in a high quality brown Levant morocco leather. The covers themselves are laminated binders board; the central panel on each board is covered with a heavy tan cloth. The text block within each volume measures 11 1/2 inches high, 9 1/2 inches wide and 2 to 2 1/2 inches thick; the text itself occupies an area 8 1/8 inches high by 5 inches wide on each page. Each volume has in gold foil stamping on the spine a simple line decoration with the set's title at the top, the author, volume
number in roman numerals, tribe(s) in the volume and the publication date of the volume at the foot of the spine. The entire edition was bound by H. Blackwell, whose mark appears at the top of the front free endpaper.
There are around 75 photogravure plates in each bound volume, with image sizes averaging 5 1/2 by 7 1/2 inches; each accompanying portfolio holds around 35 loose photogravure sheets, with image sizes averaging 12 by 16 inches. In total, there are 1506 plates in the bound volumes and 720 plates in the portfolios, for a total of 2226 plates.
(Remember you are purchasing a CD of the images, not the original volumes.)
Volume
Title for Volume
Plates in
Volume
Plates in
Portfolio
Volume 1
The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1907
81 images
39 images
Pl. 1-39
Volume 2
The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1908
75 images
36 images
Pl. 40-75
Volume 3
The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1908
78 images
36 images
Pl. 76-110, 119
Volume 4
The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1909
74 images
36 images
Pl. 111-147
Volume 5
The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1909
74 images
36 images
Pl. 148-183
Volume 6
The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1911
74 images
36 images
Pl. 184-219
Volume 7
The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1911
75 images
36 images
Pl. 220-255
Volume 8
The Nez Perces. Wallawalla. Umatilla. Cayuse. The Chinookan tribes. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1911
77 images
37 images
Pl. 256-292
Volume 9
The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1913
75 images
36 images
Pl. 293-328
Volume 10
The Kwakiutl. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1915
74 images
36 images
Pl. 329-364
Volume 11
The Nootka. The Haida. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1916
75 images
36 images
Pl. 365-400
Volume 12
The Hopi. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1922
73 images
36 images
Pl. 400*-435
Volume 13
The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1924
74 images
36 images
Pl. 436-471
Volume 14
The Kato. The Wailaki. The Yuki. The Pomo. The Wintun. The Maidu. The Miwok. The Yokuts. /Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1924
74 images
36 images
Pl. 472-507
Volume 15
Southern California Shoshoneans. The Diegueños. Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1926
75 images
36 images
Pl. 508-543
Volume 16
The Tiwa. The Keres. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1926
75 images
36 images
Pl. 544-579
Volume 17
The Tewa. The Zuñi. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1926
74 images
36 images
Pl. 580-615
Volume 18
The Chipewyan. The Western woods Cree. The Sarsi. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1928
75 images
36 images
Pl. 616-651
Volume 19
The Indians of Oklahoma. The Wichita. The southern Cheyenne. The Oto. The Comanche. The Peyote cult. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1930
76 images
36 images
Pl. 652-687
Volume 20
The Alaskan Eskimo. The Nunivak. The Eskimo of Hooper Bay. The Eskimo of King Island. The Eskimo of Little Diomede Island. The Eskimo of Cape Prince of Wales. The Kotzebue Eskimo. The Noatak. The Kobuk. The Selawik. / Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1930
76 images
35 images
Pl. 688-722
The image below is the typical size of a large scanned image on this CD. In this instance, the image is 83x1024 pixels
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