Division of Ethnology photograph collection
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology
- Creator
- Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology
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- Division of Ethnology photograph collection
- Extent
- 14,500 Items
- Date
- ca. 1860s-1960s
- Archival Repository
- National Anthropological Archives
- Identifier
- NAA.PhotoLot.97
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Drawings
- Clippings
- Citation
- Photo lot 97, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Arrangement
- Arranged by geographic area, generally following George P. Murdockʹs Outline of World Cultures.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Drawings
- Clippings
- Scope and Contents
- Consists of photographs collected by the United States National Museum (USNM) Division of Ethnology and later by the Smithsonian Office of Anthropology (SOA). Coverage is worldwide outside North America. Most of the items are photographic prints, some in albums. There are also negatives, photomechanical prints, artwork, and newsclippings. For the most part, the material is historical or ethnological, including images of specimens, portraits, and scenes of daily activity. Some landscape views are also included.
