Robert Newton Price collection photographs
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- Creator
- Price, Robert Newton (1847-1889)
- Place
- Peru
- Argentina
- Mexico
- United States
- Canada
- Provenance
- Gift of Daniel C. Beard, 1926.
- Creator
- Price, Robert Newton (1847-1889)
- Culture
- Central Andes
- Ute
- Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl)
- Summary
- This collection includes 22 photographs taken of Robert Newton Price's Native object collection.
- Biographical / Historical
- Robert Newton Price (1847-1889) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from West Point in 1870 and was assigned to frontier duty at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. After his time in the military, he worked for a stationary company. He moved to Washington, D.C. to work in the Pension Office before moving to Denver to work for the city.
- Extent
- 22 Photographic prints
- Date
- undated
- Archival Repository
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Identifier
- NMAI.AC.245
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographic prints
- Citation
- Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Robert Newton Price collection photographs, image #, NMAI.AC.245; National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center, Smithsonian Institution.
- Arrangement
- Arranged by catalog number.
- Processing Information
- Collection record written by Mattie Lewis, Archives Technician in 2025.
- Rights
- Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archives Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.
- Scope and Contents
- This collection contains 22 4x6 inch black and white photographs of Robert Newton Price's collection of objects from various Native communities. The images depict a baby carrier, a halibut fishing hook, wood carvings, pottery, and small figures. One photograph is restricted for cultural sensitivity. Image numbers P08177 - P08198.
- Restrictions
- Access to NMAI Archives Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
NMAI.AC.245
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NMAI.AC.245
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- Record ID
- ebl-1759168500502-1759168500641-0