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Timothy O'Sullivan — Aboriginal Life Among the Navajoe Indians, Near Old Fort Defiance, N.M.
Timothy O'Sullivan

Aboriginal Life Among the Navajoe Indians, Near Old Fort Defiance, N.M.

1873

A rare ethnographic document from O'Sullivan's Western surveys, this photograph captures Navajo life near the historic Fort Defiance in New Mexico. Beyond its documentary value, the image reflects the complex cultural encounters occurring during American territorial expansion in the 1870s.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 1

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Timothy O'Sullivan, Aboriginal Life Among the Navajoe Indians, Near Old Fort Defiance, N.M., 1873

A rare ethnographic document from O'Sullivan's Western surveys, this photograph captures Navajo life near the historic Fort Defiance in New Mexico. Beyond its documentary value, the image reflects the complex cultural encounters occurring during American territorial expansion in the 1870s.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 1
Year
1873
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Monochrome, Albumen Print, Indigenous People, 19th Century, American, Documentary Photography, Landscape

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