Inauguration Dance Jan. 12th '87. View in Pueblo Laguna, New Mexico [mounted albumen print, Laguna, NM, 12 January 1887]
Published by George Benjamin Wittick, 1887
- Softcover
- Map
- Used
Seller: Barry Lawrence Ruderman, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.Barry Lawrence Ruderman
AbeBooks seller since August 31, 2022
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 450.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Imperial Cabinet Card Photograph of Dancing Laguna Pueblo Indians.A mounted albumen photograph of dancing Pueblo Indians in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, in the impressively sized Imperial Cabinet Card format.&nbs. Imperial cabinet card photograph. Albumen print on card mount. Caption and photographer's name in the negative. Corners of cardboard mount worn. The image is uniformly age-toned and exhibits a couple of small surface scuffs, but overall condition is very good. Imperial Cabinet Card Photograph of Dancing Laguna Pueblo Indians.A mounted albumen photograph of dancing Pueblo Indians in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, in the impressively sized Imperial Cabinet Card format. Young Pueblo Indians are guided by elders in an initiation or "inauguration" dance ceremony as women and children spectators from the Pueblo rest against the ladder-strewn adobe walls of the Pueblo. Laguna Pueblo is located west of Albuquerque.George Benjamin Wittick came west (from Moline, Illinois) to work as a photographer for the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad's 1878 expansion into New Mexico. He worked for the railroad until 1883. Wittick later made his living peripatetically, setting up photo studios in Gallup and other smaller New Mexico towns. In 1900 he established his last studio at Fort Wingate, New Mexico. Some believe that Wittick made the famous and only known surviving photograph of Billy the Kid.A visually rich photograph of Native Americans in Laguna Pueblo by a noted western photographer.Signed in the negative: "A Wittick Photo.".…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Inauguration Dance Jan. 12th '87. View in Pueblo Laguna, New Mexico [mounted albumen print, Laguna, NM, 12 January 1887]
- Author
- George Benjamin Wittick
- Publisher
- George Benjamin Wittick
- Publication year
- 1887
- Condition
- vg
- Book Type
- Map
- Binding
- No Binding
- Seller catalogs
- Antique Maps
Barry Lawrence Ruderman
La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.
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Barry Lawrence Ruderman is a specialist dealer in rare and important works on paper from the 15th century to the present. Today, our focus extends from the firm’s traditional core specialty in historical cartography, now encompassing a wide range of rare books, Americana (with particular strengths in Western Americana, Texana, and the American Revolution), early photography, old master prints, and significant manuscripts. Our clients include many of the most important public and private collections active today.…
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