Photographs of Smithsonian Institution exhibits at the Pan-American Exposition
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 87-2L
name: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution
topic: label: Topic
content: Pottery
label: Topic
content: Picture-writing
label: Topic
content: Weaving
label: Topic
content: Exhibitions
creator: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution
culture: label: Culture
content: Indians of South America
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America
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content: Photographs of Smithsonian Institution exhibits at the Pan-American Exposition
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Pan-American Exposition was a world's fair held in Buffalo, New York, from May 1 through November 2, 1901. The Department of Anthropology and the Bureau of American Ethnology created a joint exhibit for the exposition, designed by the department's Head Curator and later Chief of the BAE, William Henry Holmes.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (halftone)
label: Extent
content: 9 Albumen prints (mounted)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1901
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: This collection was found in 1972, along with other collections in Photo Lot 87-2, as something which had been set aside as a "problem collection," though this may only reflect that it was unprocessed. The photographs were collected in the Bureau of American Ethnology and the Department of Anthropology's Division of Ethnology. Some prints, previously in Photo Lot 4, were found in the Department of Anthropology in the 1960s.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.87-2L
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
bibliography: label: Bibliography
content: Photographs published in Frederick W. True, William H. Holmes, and George P. Merrill, "Report on the Exhibit of the United States National Museum at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York, 1901," USNM Annual Report, 1901.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting National Museum anthropological exhibit cases at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. Exhibits include those on Native American weaving, picture-writing, pottery, bow and arrows, narcotic utensils, and firemaking devices, as well as dioramas of Tehuelche Tohono O'Odham dwelling groups. The photographs' mounts include details relating to the 1901 Smithsonian report on the exhibits and the collection includes one halftone plate from the report.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Photographs previously filed in Photo Lot 4, Photo Lot 24, and Photo Lot 97 have been relocated and merged with Photo Lot 87-2L. These photographs also depict Smithsonian exhibits at the Pan-American Exposition and form part of this collection.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: The Smithsonian Institution Archives holds Exposition Records of the Smithsonian Institution and the United States National Museum, 1867-1940 (SIA RU000070) as well as photographs of the exhibits.