1899 Portrait of Edward S. Curtis courtesy of Auction Daily.
Toronto. The late John Craig was a vendor at our early fairs. One one occasion, John commented about Edward S. Curtis. One night, after doing our fair, John visited Barberian’s on Elm Street for a steak. To his delight, there on the wall hung a photograph of an American Indian taken by Curtis, the American photographer who was noted for his photographs and writings on the North American Indians.
In September, 1996 (journal issue 22-1), the late editor, Ev Roseborough, celebrated Curtis with a cover display of Kyaiyi-stamik (Bull Bear) a member of the Blackfoot Nation, Alberta, 1926, photographed by Edward S. Curtis. This image is copyright National Archives of Canada (© NAC, C-019753).
NB. this article was sparked by the previous post by our exchange organization, the Daguerreian Society, and the Andrew Smith gallery in Tucson auction of Curtis prints on December 1, 2021.
