Artist: Edward S. Curtis (American, 1868-1952)
Title: The Blackfoot Country, plate #636
Date: 1926
Accession #: 2009.11.636
Medium: Photogravure on Dutch Van Gelder paper
Dimensions: image: 11 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.
Acquired by: Dubuque Cultural Preservation Committee, an Iowa general partnership, consisting of Dr. Darryl K. Mozena, Jeffrey P. Mozena, Mark Falb, Timothy J. Conlon, and Dr. Randy Lengeling
Interesting fact about the Photographer: Clara Curtis, Edward’s ex-wife, died in October of 1932, after an unfortunate boating accident where she drowned in a creek near her sister’s house in Bremerton, California. Following the funeral Katherine Curtis, Edward’s youngest daughter, came to live near her father in Los Angeles, California. (from: Makepeace, Anne. Edward S. Curtis Coming to Light. Washington D.C.: National Geographic, 2002. Print.)