National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC
This exhibition features images from Curtis's comprehensive 20-volume study The North American Indian (1907-1930) and examines the personal and professional struggles he faced in producing his landmark work. Other highlights include Curtis's own Reversible Back 6 1/2-by-8 1/2 inch Premo camera, printing blocks of American Indian musical scores, a field tent set up as a portable photo studio similar to one used by Curtis at his campsites, and glass-plate negatives of the kind used by Curtis.
This is a Smithsonian Institution Libraries exhibition.