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Background imageBraids Collection: An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882. Creator: George de Forest Brush

An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882. Creator: George de Forest Brush
An Arapahoe Boy, c. 1882

Background imageBraids Collection: In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: Unknown

In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: Unknown
In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Our front-page Illustration, from a sketch by Mr

Background imageBraids Collection: The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor...1876. Creator: Unknown

The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Prince of Wales in the Terai: Meeting with Sir Jung Bahadoor, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The future King Edward VII in India

Background imageBraids Collection: Venus Mourning Adonis, mid-late 16th century. Creator: Paolo Veronese

Venus Mourning Adonis, mid-late 16th century. Creator: Paolo Veronese
Venus Mourning Adonis, mid-late 16th century

Background imageBraids Collection: Sketches in China - Heads of the People - a sketch at the Rev. Mr. Huleatt's Rice... 1858

Sketches in China - Heads of the People - a sketch at the Rev. Mr. Huleatt's Rice... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches in China - Heads of the People - a sketch at the Rev. Mr. Huleatt's Rice Distribution at Canton, 1858. Engraving from a sketch...received by the last Overland Mail from our Special

Background imageBraids Collection: Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from China - Chinese Opium-smokers, 1858. Note woman on right with bound feet. The rooms where the Chinese sit and smoke opium are surrounded by wooden couches

Background imageBraids Collection: '...dussent-ils me maudire...', 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier. '...dussent-ils me maudire...'

"...dussent-ils me maudire...", 1844. Creator: Honore Daumier. "...dussent-ils me maudire..."
"...dussent-ils me maudire...", 1844. "...dussent-ils me maudire..." "Ces barbares parens qui m'ont donne le jour" " Victor, o mon ame, a toi tout mon amour

Background imageBraids Collection: Anna Maria Lovisa 1627-1693, Duchess of Montpensier. Creator: Unknown

Anna Maria Lovisa 1627-1693, Duchess of Montpensier. Creator: Unknown
Anna Maria Lovisa 1627-1693, Duchess of Montpensier, unknown date

Background imageBraids Collection: Portrait of a Lady, c1800. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly

Portrait of a Lady, c1800. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
Portrait of a Lady, c1800

Background imageBraids Collection: Portrait of a young Woman, 1480-1499. Creator: Anon

Portrait of a young Woman, 1480-1499. Creator: Anon
Portrait of a young Woman, 1480-1499

Background imageBraids Collection: Miss Ernani Seibel, portrait photograph, 1919 June 21. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Miss Ernani Seibel, portrait photograph, 1919 June 21. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Miss Ernani Seibel, portrait photograph, 1919 June 21

Background imageBraids Collection: Little Plum Blossom, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Little Plum Blossom, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Little Plum Blossom, Chinatown, San Francisco, between 1896 and 1906

Background imageBraids Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageBraids Collection: Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915

Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes... 1915
Members of the International Institute for Immigrant Girls, Y.W.C.A. in national costumes, portrait photograph, 1915 Mar. 13

Background imageBraids Collection: Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Background imageBraids Collection: Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Background imageBraids Collection: Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Background imageBraids Collection: Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926

Background imageBraids Collection: Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Cuba and Guatemala, between 1899 and 1926. Note boy smoking cigar

Background imageBraids Collection: Sadler's Wells - Scene from 'Harlequin and the House that Jack Built in 1851', 1850

Sadler's Wells - Scene from "Harlequin and the House that Jack Built in 1851", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Sadler's Wells - Scene from "Harlequin and the House that Jack Built in 1851", 1850. London stage production

Background imageBraids Collection: Doll, 1935/1942. Creator: Esther Peck

Doll, 1935/1942. Creator: Esther Peck
Doll, 1935/1942

Background imageBraids Collection: Art class in Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910

Art class in Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, D.C. between 1890 and 1910. [Roman Catholic school for girls, founded in 1799. Students using tilting drawing boards

Background imageBraids Collection: Genevieve Clark, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Genevieve Clark, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing

Genevieve Clark, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Genevieve Clark, 1912. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Genevieve Clark - married James Thomson, 1915, 1912. [American suffragist and campaigner. Daughter of Speaker of the House Champ Clark. Married newspaper publisher James McIlhany Thomson in 1915]

Background imageBraids Collection: Shaker Chair Braids, 1935/1942. Creator: Edward D. Williams

Shaker Chair Braids, 1935/1942. Creator: Edward D. Williams
Shaker Chair Braids, 1935/1942

Background imageBraids Collection: Shaker Wool Braids, c. 1941. Creator: Edward D. Williams

Shaker Wool Braids, c. 1941. Creator: Edward D. Williams
Shaker Wool Braids, c. 1941

Background imageBraids Collection: Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1827/40. Creator: Unknown

Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1827/40. Creator: Unknown
Le Bal (The Costume Ball) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1827/40. Designed by George Zipelius after Sulpice Guillaume Chevallier. Detail from a larger artwork

Background imageBraids Collection: Children of evicted sharecropper, now living on Sherwood Eddy cooperative plantation, 1936

Children of evicted sharecropper, now living on Sherwood Eddy cooperative plantation, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Children of evicted sharecropper, now living on Sherwood Eddy cooperative plantation

Background imageBraids Collection: Her Horse Kills, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Her Horse Kills, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Her Horse Kills, 1908. Photograph shows three-quarter length portrait of Her Horse Kills, braided hair, wearing traditional clothing, beaded earrings and necklace, seated facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Girl and bear cub, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown

Girl and bear cub, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Girl and bear cub, between c1900 and 1916

Background imageBraids Collection: Yellow Horse-Yanktonai, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with long... c1908

Yellow Horse-Yanktonai, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with long... c1908
Yellow Horse-Yanktonai, half-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right, with long braids, two eagle feathers in hair, wrapped in buffalo skin, c1908

Background imageBraids Collection: Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front... c1910

Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front... c1910
Wades in Water, Piegan Indian, full-length portrait, seated on floor, facing front, with braids, beaded buckskin shirt and leggings, beads with ermine tail trim, c1910

Background imageBraids Collection: Plenty Coups, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, pompadour, temple... c1908

Plenty Coups, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, pompadour, temple... c1908
Plenty Coups, Crow Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, pompadour, temple braids, beaded buckskin shirt, shell beads around neck, c1908

Background imageBraids Collection: Wolf, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Wolf, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wolf, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Background imageBraids Collection: Crow chief, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Crow chief, 1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crow chief, 1910. Photograph shows full-length portrait of The Grizzly Bear, with braided hair, wearing traidtional clothing and several necklaces, standing, holding bow, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tearing Lodge and wife(?), c1910. Piegan man and woman, possibly husband and wife, three-quarter length portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Daughter of Tamahus-Cayuse, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Daughter of Tamahus-Cayuse, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Daughter of Tamahus-Cayuse, c1910. Cayuse woman, head-and-shoulderws portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Strike On his Head, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, loose

Strike On his Head, Crow Indian, Montana, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, loose forelock, braids, beaded buckskin shirt, beads and two large shell disks around neck, c1908

Background imageBraids Collection: Runs Between, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Runs Between, 1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Runs Between, 1908. Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Runs Between, wearing headdress, traditional clothing, beaded gauntlets and braids, seated, facing right

Background imageBraids Collection: Two Charger Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Two Charger Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Two Charger Woman, c1907. Full-length portrait of Brule Woman

Background imageBraids Collection: Running Owl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Running Owl, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Running Owl, c1910. Running Owl, Piegan, half-length portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Tull Chee Hah, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Tull Chee Hah, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tull Chee Hah, c1905. Half-length portrait of man facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Tsaassi-Mis-salla ('Crow with Necklace')-Sarsi, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace")-Sarsi, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace")-Sarsi, c1927. Tsaassi-Mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace"), Sarsi man, bust portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Wife of Mnainak-Yakima, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Wife of Mnainak-Yakima, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Wife of Mnainak-Yakima, c1910. Yakima woman, half-length portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Kutenai female type, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Kutenai female type, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Kutenai female type, c1910. Kootenai woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Lotsubelo-Quilcene, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Lotsubelo-Quilcene, c1913. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lotsubelo-Quilcene, c1913. Quilcene woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Lies Sideway, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Lies Sideway, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Lies Sideway, c1908. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Crow man

Background imageBraids Collection: Long Time Dog, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Long Time Dog, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Long Time Dog, c1908. Long Time Dog, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

Background imageBraids Collection: Kashhila-Wishham. Male Chinookan Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front... c1910

Kashhila-Wishham. Male Chinookan Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front... c1910
Kashhila-Wishham. Male Chinookan Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with pompadour, fur wrapped braids, bead choker around neck, beaded buckskin shirt, fur sash over left shoulder



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