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(AMERICAN INDIANS--PHOTOGRAPHS.) Charles F. Lummis. Pair of cyanotype views of New Mexico Pueblo life. Various sizes, minimal foxing and wear. New Mexico, 1888 and 1891
Journalist and ethnographer Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928) was a New Englander who moved west to become editor of the Los Angeles Times, but suffered a mild stroke at the age of 29 and spent three years recuperating among the Puebloans of Isleta, New Mexico. He became a vocal advocate for their traditional culture in addition to his photographic documentation of their daily life. Offered here are:
[View of Cochiti Tablita Dance] (as identified at the Getty Museum) at Cochiti Pueblo in New Mexico, 8 1/2 x 11 inches including large margins; signed and dated 1888 in negative.
"Spring Foot-Races, Pueblo of Isleta, N.M.," 5 x 8 inches, unsigned but captioned and dated in negative.
