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Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

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Personal name headingCurtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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Variant(s)Curtis, Edward, 1868-1952
Curtis, Edward Sheriff, 1868-1952
Curtis, E. S. (Edward Sheriff), 1868-1952
Shadow Catcher, 1868-1952
Other standard no.31995046
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Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeSaint Paul (Minn.) Seattle (Wash.) Los Angeles (Calif.)
Birth date1868-02-16
Death date1952-10-19
Place of birthWhitewater (Wis.)
Place of deathLos Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activityEthnology Documentary photography
Profession or occupationEthnologists
Cultural anthropologists Photographers
Found inHis The North American Indians: title page (Edward S. Curtis) foreword (Mr. Curtis ... has not only seen their vigorous outward existence, but has caught glimpses, such as few white men ever catch, into that strange spiritual life of theirs; from whose innermost recesses all white men are forever barred)
His Edward Curtis in the collection of the Edmonton Art Gallery, c1979: title page (Edward Curtis)
NUCMC data from U. of Washington Lib. for Curtis, E.S. Papers, 1903-1951 (Edward S. Curtis, 1868-1952, photographer)
Boelter, H.H. E.S. Curtis, 1966 (Edward Sheriff Curtis, 1868-1952; photographer-historian)
Images of the Native American : Edward S. Curtis calendar 1989, c1988: page 5 (© E.S. Curtis)
Wikipedia, January 19, 2018: (Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 16, 1868-October 19, 1952) was an ethnologist and photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples; b. near Whitewater, Wisconsin; d. Los Angeles, California; Native Americans would call him Shadow Catcher; lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles, California)
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Portraits from North American Indian life, 1972: title page (Edward S. Curtis)
Associated languageeng