View of section of south side of Zuni, with an A:shiwi person on ladder in the foreground, New Mexico, United States

People:

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (photographer)

Title:

View of section of south side of Zuni, with an A:shiwi person on ladder in the foreground, New Mexico, United States

Date:

1873

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from wet collodion glass plate negative

Dimensions:

composition: 20,4 × 27,6 cm (8 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.) secondary support: 40,7 × 50,7 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0124

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

A yellowish brown border frames this photograph. The secondary support is attached to the CCA mount with three paper corners and white woven tape in the upper right, lower left and lower right.

Inscription:

imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the secondary support, upper centre.: "WAR DEPARTMENT / CORPS OF ENGINEERS. U.S. ARMY." [text circles a decorative emblem featuring an eagle and crest] imprinted, dated and numbered - in typescript and black ink, on the secondary support, upper left: "Geographical & Geological Explorations of Surveys West of the 100th Meridian"; upper right: "Expedition of 1873 - Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.; lower left: "T.H. O'Sullivan,Phot."; lower right: "No. 19."; lower centre: with title inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, upper right: "14"; verso, upper right: "Horam p. 297" [sideways]; lower right: "76 HJI.LX" [sideways] inscribed - by the photographer ?, in the negative, lower centre / lower right.: "23" [scribbled out]

Location:

Zuni New Mexico United States

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

wall
man
ladders
pueblos (housing complexes)
pueblo (settlement)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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