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Photographs of Indians of the Southwest by E.A. Bonine

Description

This collection contains 73 studio portraits of Native Americans from southwestern Arizona, and were probably taken between 1880 and 1883 in E.A. Bonine's photography tent in Yuma, Arizona. The collection includes photographs of Chief Pasqual of the Yuma tribe, and posed portraits of members of the Yuma, Apache, Pima, Cocopa, Tohono O'Odham (also known as the Papago), and Mohave tribes. A few of the portraits have been identified with the names of people and tribes, but the majority of individuals remain unidentified.

Type
Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date
1880-1883
Call number
photCL 200
Creator
Bonine, Elias A (1843-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of the Grace Nicholson Estate,
Dimensions
photographs 18 x 11 cm (7 x 4 in.)
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