Sale 2536 | Lot 296

(NATIVE AMERICANS--TAYLOR AND WILLIS)
A suite of approximately 65 real photo postcards depicting Southwestern tribes.
Most of the photographs in this set are credited to J.R. Willis (1876-1960, Gallup, New Mexico) or G.S. Taylor (Bylas, Arizona) and include imagery of Hopi, Zuni, and Navajo peoples, among others. Includes numerous portraits of male and female figures; ceremonial scenes and gatherings; some artistic or ritualistic activities such as sand painting, silversmithing, or basket weaving; and some architectural scenery; with 33 by Williams, 16 by Taylor, and a further 16 without any credit. Silver prints on carte-postale paper, the images measuring 5 1/8 x3 1/8  inches (13x7.9 cm.), and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger, each of the Willis cards with his credit and a caption in the negative, and a total of 49 with one of the photographer's stamps on verso. 1920s

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