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An oasis in the Badlands

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Image ID

433221


Item data

Title

An oasis in the Badlands

Collection

Photographs of Native Americans by Edward Curtis

Names

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952 (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1905

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: MFZ+++ (Curtis) 01-9006
Shelf locator: 111PH009.065

Subjects

Indians of North America
Dakota Indians

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: Same image as "Oasis in the Bad Lands" in Edward S. Curtis The North American Indian, vol. III : the Teton Sioux, the Yanktonai, the Assiniboin [portfolio] ; plate no. 80.
Content: No. 300.

Physical Description

Platinum prints
Extent: 30.5 x 40 cm.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14311856
NYPL Digital Gallery Description: 5073
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 14.06.2107
TMS Object Number: 111PH009.065
TMS ID: 119341
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3b2a61a0-c6cf-012f-b70d-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "An oasis in the Badlands" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1905. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3b2a61a0-c6cf-012f-b70d-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. (1905). An oasis in the Badlands Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3b2a61a0-c6cf-012f-b70d-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "An oasis in the Badlands" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3b2a61a0-c6cf-012f-b70d-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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