Amon Carter print details

Hopi House, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Unknown

Object Details

  • Date

    1921

  • Object Type

    Photographs

  • Medium

    Photochromolithograph

  • Contributors

    Published by Fred Harvey Trading Co.

    Printed by Detroit Publishing Co.

  • Object Format

    Postcard

  • Dimensions

    3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l. to l.c. printed: H-1914 HOPI HOUSE, GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZONA.

    Verso:

    u.l. printed: FRED \ HARVEY "PHOSTINT" \ TRADE MARK REG U S PAT OFF \ MADE ONLY BY DETROIT PUBLISHING CO.

    u.l. to c. printed: THE HOPI HOUSE is an exact reproduction \ of a Hopi Indian pueblo. It is an irregular stone \ structure plastered with adobe and rising three \ stories high. \ Here are Hopi men, women and children. \ Some decorating and burning pottery, others \ spinning yarn and weaving squaw dresses and \ blankets, amd perhaps some maiden weaving a basket. \ Hopi land is the old province of Tusayan on \ the border of the Painted Desert. \ Several rooms in the Hopi House are devoted \ to a rare and costly exhibit of Indian handicraft.

  • Collection Name

    Fred and Jo Mazzulla Collection

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    P1976.48.303

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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