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Title Baby and Navajo woman
Call Number P-305
Summary Native American (Navajo) woman and child sit inside a brush-covered summer hogan. The woman holds a large piece of cloth; the child looks at a sheepskin. Sheepskins, a blanket, and other fur pelts lie on the floor. Others hang from a wooden pole placed horizontally along the wooden pole and brush-covered walls of the hogan. A pair of dark pants, possibly a dark shirt, and a leather ammunition belt hang from one of the horizontal poles.
Date summer, [1908?]
Photographer Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Collection H. S. Poley collection
Notes Title written on back of print.
Written on back of print: "Ind- Navajo Abodes- Interior" "Navajo-17".
Etched on glass negative: "17".
Vintage photographic print.
Photo Materials 1 photonegative : glass ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
1 photoprint ; 11 x 16 cm. (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Copyright Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also Indians of North America Children 1900-1910.
Navajo Indians Women 1900-1910.
Interiors 1900-1910.
Lodges 1900-1910.
Photographic prints.
Glass negatives.
Imaged.
URL http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00170305


Title Navaho "Chindy" Hogan (Tochindi)
Call Number P-1155
Summary View of a Native American (Navajo) hogan. The wood and mud hogan stands on a sandy desert landscape dotted with scrub bushes and trees.
Date 1908.
Photographer Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)
Collection H. S. Poley collection
Notes Title written on back of print.
Written on back of print: "Ind- Navajo Abodes- Exterior N.66 Sept. 21-1908 trip".
Etched on glass negative: "N.66."
Vintage photographic print.
Photo Materials 1 photonegative : glass ; 8 x 11 cm. (3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
1 photoprint ; 6 x 8 cm. (2 1/2 x 3 in.)
Condition Condition: emulsion deterioration on glass negative.
Copyright Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
See Also Indians of North America Structures 1900-1910.
Navajo Indians Structures 1900-1910.
Hogans 1900-1910.
Lodges 1900-1910.
Photographic prints.
Glass negatives.
Imaged.
URL http://gowest.coalliance.org/cgi-bin/imager?00171155

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