Division of Ethnology photograph collection
name: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology
creator: label: Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology. Division of Ethnology
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content: Division of Ethnology photograph collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14,500 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1860s-1960s
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.97
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Drawings
label: Type
content: Clippings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Arranged by geographic area, generally following George P. Murdockʹs Outline of World Cultures.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
label: Genre/Form
content: Clippings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.