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Archival Materials
Grace Nicholson photograph collection
Creators:
Nicholson, Grace, -1948
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Dates:
1905-1930
Size:
374 Photographic prints
38 Copy negatives
38 Copy negatives
Collection ID:
NMAI.AC.001.039
Repository:
National Museum of the American Indian
This collection contains 374 photographic prints and 38 copy negatives made by Grace Nicholson, a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The majority of the photographs were made between 1910 and 1930 among various native communities in California, though there are smaller amounts of photographs in Arizona and New Mexico. Communities photographed include—Hupa, Yurok, Pomo, Karuk (Karok), Tolowa, Yokayo Pomo, Achomawi (Pit River), Atsugewi (Hat Creek), Hopi Pueblo, Kumeyaay (Digueno), Mojave (Mohave), Paiute, Taos Pueblo, Wintu, Acoma Pueblo, Maidu, Chukchansi Yokuts, Yokuts.