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Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952, sometimes given as Edward Sherriff Curtis) [1] was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people.
English: Edward Curtis photo of a Kwakwaka'wakw potlatch with dancers and singers. Kwakwaka'wakw people in a wedding ceremony, bride in centre. Photo taken by Edward Curtis, 1914. Film footage of this same event was used in Curtis' feature film In the Land of the Head Hunters
Asahel Curtis was born in 1874 in Minnesota [1] to Johnson Asahel Curtis (1840–1887) and Ellen Sheriff (1844–1912). Johnson Curtis was a clergyman and American Civil War veteran who was born in Ohio to a father born in Canada and mother from Vermont. Ellen Sheriff was born in New York City, [2] and both of her parents were born in England.
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.
This image is a digitally restored version of File:Inupiat Family from Noatak, Alaska, 1929, Edward S. Curtis.jpg to remove scratches, spots, artifacts, water or stains, hairs, and overall deterioration. Contrast was decreased. The image was cropped to remove the frame. Remaining edges were filled in or darkened with cloning, burn, and healing ...
This image came from The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis. These images were published between 1907 and 1930. The digitization of this image was done by the Northwestern University Library, sponsored by the U.S. Library of Congress. Credits: Northwestern University Library, "The North American Indian": the Photographic Images, 2001.
Description "Cañon de Chelly — Navajo" (1904). Seven Navajo riders on horseback and dog trek against background of canyon cliffs on the Navajo Nation.; From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
This work is from the Edward S. Curtis collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work. Photographs in this collection were deposited for copyright between 1899 and 1929. The works copyrighted before 1929 are now in the public domain in the United States.