Sally V. Cooke photograph collection relating to Southwest Native Americans and scenery
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 89-19
label: Reproduction Note
content: Copy prints made by Smithsonian Institution, 1989.
name: label: Collector
content: Cooke, Sally V.
label: Names
content: Adamson, Glenn
label: Photographer
content: Steinberg, G.
label: Names
content: Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915
label: Photographer
content: Wittick, Ben, 1845-1903
index: label: Addl. KW Subj
content: Navaho
place: label: Place
content: New Mexico -- Antiquities
label: Place
content: Hopi Indian Reservation (Ariz.)
label: Place
content: Petrified Forest National Park (Ariz.)
label: Place
content: Fort Apache (Ariz.)
label: Place
content: Zuni (N.M.)
label: Place
content: Acoma (N.M.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Pottery
label: Topic
content: Dances
label: Topic
content: Pueblos
label: Topic
content: Cliff-dwellings
creator: label: Collector
content: Cooke, Sally V.
culture: label: Culture
content: Diné (Navajo)
label: Culture
content: Acoma Pueblo
label: Culture
content: Indians of North America -- Southwest, New
label: Culture
content: A:shiwi (Zuni)
label: Culture
content: Hopi Pueblo
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: G. Ben Wittick (1845-1903) was official photographer for the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad and operated studios in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Gallup, and Fort Wingate. The first to photograph the Hopi Snake Dance, his photographs mostly documented Southwest scenery and Navajo, Hopi and Zuni Pueblos.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Copy prints
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1875-1900
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Loaned by Sally V. Cooke for copying, 1989.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.89-19
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Copy prints
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals note
content: Originals retained by Sally V. Cooke.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs depicting pueblos, dances, cliff dwellings, pottery, weaving, rock art, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, and other scenes in and around the pueblos in New Mexico and Arizona. Locations depicted include Moqui Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo, Zuni Pueblo, Fort Apache, and the Wood Yard in Arizona's Petrified Forest. The collection also includes one image of inscriptions on Pawnee Rock in Kansas, 1878. Most photographs in the collection were made by George Ben Wittick, with some by G. Steinberg of Juarez, Mexico.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional Wittick photographs can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in MS 4638, Photo Lot 24, Photo Lot 37, Photo Lot 59, Photo Lot 87-2P, Photo Lot 90-1, Herbert William Krieger's papers, and the BAE historical negatives.