Re: B&W - Sepia

Charlie Mutschler Wrote:
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> Edward S. Curtis took most of the photos he used
> in his monumental work "The North American Indian"
> about a hundred years ago - probably pretty much
> all in the early 1900's through WWI. There's been
> quite a bit of controversy about how accurate they
> are as anthropology. Curtis wanted to document
> Indians in their pre-contact state, and tended to
> try to accomplish this by airbrushing out
> anachronistic items like alarm clocks, and by
> traveling with a wardrobe of clothing to dress his
> photo subjects in - so sometimes the same blouse
> or headgear appears with several persons.
>
> Edward S. Curtis may be the better known of the
> two brothers, but Asahel Curtis actually did some
> railroad photography. Not, alas, narrow gauge,
> but he documented work on the Copper River &
> Northwestern in Alaska, and the western end of the
> Milwaukee's Pacific extension. There is a wealth
> of Asahel Curtis material at the Washington State
> Historical Society in Tacoma.
>
> Beautiful work, Roger. I must say the red cars
> look much better in black and white.
>
> Charlie Mutschler
> -30-


Thanks Charlie, I need to look up Asahel Curtis on google.