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Background imagePlains Collection: The Three Chiefs-Piegan, Printed 1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Three Chiefs-Piegan, Printed 1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Three Chiefs-Piegan, Printed 1900

Background imagePlains Collection: Zebras, 1909. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Zebras, 1909. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Zebras, 1909

Background imagePlains Collection: Clouds over the plain, c1910s. Creator: Verner Thome

Clouds over the plain, c1910s. Creator: Verner Thome
Clouds over the plain, c1910s

Background imagePlains Collection: Mt. Donyo Sabuk, 1909. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Mt. Donyo Sabuk, 1909. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Mt. Donyo Sabuk, 1909

Background imagePlains Collection: Sunset on the Savannah, 1909. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Sunset on the Savannah, 1909. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Sunset on the Savannah, 1909

Background imagePlains Collection: Dwarf Tree in the Desert, 1909-1910. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Dwarf Tree in the Desert, 1909-1910. Creator: Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Dwarf Tree in the Desert, 1909-1910

Background imagePlains Collection: The Plains of Marathon, 1870. Creator: Unknown

The Plains of Marathon, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Plains of Marathon, 1870

Background imagePlains Collection: Native rimu, 1920s. Creator: Harry Moult

Native rimu, 1920s. Creator: Harry Moult
Native rimu, 1920s

Background imagePlains Collection: Elephants, c1867. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye

Elephants, c1867. Creator: Antoine-Louis Barye
Elephants, c1867. Three Asian elephants graze on a desolate plain at sunset; the warm tones of the sky are repeated in the landscape

Background imagePlains Collection: Equus zebra (Mountain zebra), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon

Equus zebra (Mountain zebra), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Equus zebra (Mountain zebra), 1777-1786. Cape Bergzebra (Equus Zebra Zebra); with Rhenish (Rijnlandse) scale

Background imagePlains Collection: Hippotragus leucophaeus (Bluebuck), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon

Hippotragus leucophaeus (Bluebuck), 1777-1786. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippotragus leucophaeus (Bluebuck), 1777-1786

Background imagePlains Collection: Khoikhoi and Settlers on Cape Plain, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes

Khoikhoi and Settlers on Cape Plain, 1786. Creator: Jan Brandes
Khoikhoi and Settlers on Cape Plain, 1786. On the left a farmer (Boer) in a covered wagon returning from Cape Town to his farm. The man walking next to the cart is probably a slave

Background imagePlains Collection: View of the landscape east of Nijmegen, 1815-1824. Creator: Derk Anthony van de Wart

View of the landscape east of Nijmegen, 1815-1824. Creator: Derk Anthony van de Wart
View of the landscape east of Nijmegen, 1815-1824. Floodplains. On the left in the distance is Ooij

Background imagePlains Collection: The Lydian Plain near Sardis, Asia Minor (Turkey), 1878. Creator: Harald Jerichau

The Lydian Plain near Sardis, Asia Minor (Turkey), 1878. Creator: Harald Jerichau
The Lydian Plain near Sardis, Asia Minor (Turkey), 1878

Background imagePlains Collection: Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Travel views of Japan and Korea, 1908

Background imagePlains Collection: Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928

Background imagePlains Collection: Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928

Background imagePlains Collection: Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928

Background imagePlains Collection: Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928

Background imagePlains Collection: Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928

Background imagePlains Collection: Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928

Background imagePlains Collection: In Search of a New Home - A Scene in the Far West, 1891. Creator: John Charlton

In Search of a New Home - A Scene in the Far West, 1891. Creator: John Charlton
In Search of a New Home - A Scene in the Far West, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

Background imagePlains Collection: Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Acoma, New Mexico area views, between 1899 and 1928

Background imagePlains Collection: Chi: Musashi Plain, from the series 'Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu)

Chi: Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu)
Chi: Musashi Plain, from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)", Japan, c. 1772/73

Background imagePlains Collection: Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains

Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains
Roswell (vicinity), New Mexico. Abandoned farm on the edge of the Great Plains

Background imagePlains Collection: Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Abandoned farm on the high plains, Texas County, Oklahoma. "The record of the Great Plains is to a great extent a record of settlement and abandonment." J. Russell Smith

Background imagePlains Collection: County road between potato fields, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

County road between potato fields, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. County road between potato fields

Background imagePlains Collection: On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the plains west of Fresno, California. Family of seven from Oregon dairy ranch which they lost. "We tried to get too big, I guess. Milk cans are all that's left of the dairy

Background imagePlains Collection: On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the plains west of Fresno, California. Family of seven from Oregon dairy ranch which they lost. "We tried to get too big, I guess. Milk cans are all that's left of the dairy

Background imagePlains Collection: On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the plains west of Fresno, California

Background imagePlains Collection: On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

On the plains west of Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On the plains west of Fresno, California. Family of seven from Oregon dairy ranch which they lost. "We tried to get too big, I guess. Milk cans are all that's left of the dairy

Background imagePlains Collection: County road between potato fields, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

County road between potato fields, Kern County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Kern County, California. County road between potato fields

Background imagePlains Collection: Roping gray wolf, Cowboys take in a gray wolf on 'Round up

Roping gray wolf, Cowboys take in a gray wolf on "Round up, " in Wyoming, 1887. Five cowboys on horses roping a wolf

Background imagePlains Collection: Round-up scenes on Belle Fouche [sic] in 1887, 1887. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Round-up scenes on Belle Fouche [sic] in 1887, 1887. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Round-up scenes on Belle Fouche [sic] in 1887, 1887. Cowboys and cattle on range

Background imagePlains Collection: Picket Pin, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Picket Pin, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Picket Pin, c1907. Full-length portrait of Dakota man dressed in loin cloth holding buffalo skull

Background imagePlains Collection: Red Dog (Shunka Luta), c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Red Dog (Shunka Luta), c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Dog (Shunka Luta), c1907. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Dakota man

Background imagePlains Collection: Slow Bull, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Slow Bull, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Slow Bull, c1907. Dakota man standing outside tipi gazing upward

Background imagePlains Collection: Saliva, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Saliva, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Saliva, c1907. Dakota man with calumet kneeling by altar inside tipi

Background imagePlains 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 imagePlains Collection: Red Elk Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Red Elk Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Red Elk Woman, c1907. Half-length portrait of Dakota woman

Background imagePlains Collection: The Clowns, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Clowns, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Clowns, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927

Background imagePlains Collection: Priests passing before the pipe-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Priests passing before the pipe-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Priests passing before the pipe-Cheyenne, c1910. Group of Cheyenne people, most seated in a semicircle during sun dance ceremony, woman in foreground is holding pipe, buffalo skull in foreground

Background imagePlains Collection: Sun dance in progress-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sun dance in progress-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sun dance in progress-Cheyenne, c1910

Background imagePlains Collection: Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Ducks, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Ducks, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Arikara Medicine Ceremony-The Ducks, c1908. Photo shows three Arikara men, members of the medicine fraternity, dancing, painted to represent ducks and holding rushes

Background imagePlains Collection: Offering pipe to the skull-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Offering pipe to the skull-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Offering pipe to the skull-Cheyenne, c1910. Woman offering pipe to buffalo skull, during sun dance ceremony

Background imagePlains Collection: Gray Dawn-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Gray Dawn-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Gray Dawn-Cheyenne, c1910. Sun dance lodge with Cheyenne people standing inside

Background imagePlains Collection: Crazy dancers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Crazy dancers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Crazy dancers-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne dancers around stick tripod

Background imagePlains Collection: Before the final journey-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Before the final journey-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Before the final journey-Cheyenne, c1910. Cheyenne people gathered in open area, for Sun Dance ceremony; several tents and hills in background

Background imagePlains Collection: Chiefs in the Sun Dance parade-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Chiefs in the Sun Dance parade-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Chiefs in the Sun Dance parade-Cheyenne, c1927. Several Cheyenne chiefs on horseback in a row in an open field

Background imagePlains Collection: The Wolf, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Wolf, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Wolf, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927

Background imagePlains Collection: The plains of the Dakota-Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The plains of the Dakota-Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The plains of the Dakota-Sioux, c1905. Three Sioux Indians of horseback on plains with rock formation in background

Background imagePlains Collection: Yellow Bone woman, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Yellow Bone woman, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Yellow Bone woman, 1908, c1908. Indian family: woman and man in native dress holding baby

Background imagePlains Collection: Morning attack, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Morning attack, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Morning attack, c1907. Dakota Indians on horseback on plains

Background imagePlains Collection: In the land of the Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

In the land of the Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In the land of the Sioux, c1905. Three Sioux Indians on horseback facing front by pond on plains

Background imagePlains Collection: Night medicine men, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Night medicine men, 1908, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Night medicine men, 1908, c1908. Photo shows Arikara medicine ceremony with four night men dancing

Background imagePlains Collection: Buffalo Society, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Buffalo Society, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Buffalo Society, animal dance-Cheyenne, c1927

Background imagePlains Collection: The march of the Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The march of the Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The march of the Sioux, c1905. Three Sioux Indians on horseback on plains with rock formations in background

Background imagePlains Collection: Cheyenne warriors, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Cheyenne warriors, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Cheyenne warriors, c1905. Three Cheyenne warriors on horseback

Background imagePlains Collection: Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Two young men in ceremonial paint

Background imagePlains Collection: Return of scouts-Cheyenne, C1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Return of scouts-Cheyenne, C1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Return of scouts-Cheyenne, C1910. Cheyene Indians riding horses

Background imagePlains Collection: The Prairie Chief, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Prairie Chief, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Prairie Chief, c1907. Sioux man on horseback in open field

Background imagePlains Collection: The Valley of the Rosebud, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Valley of the Rosebud, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Valley of the Rosebud, c1905. Photo shows a Cheyenne Indian, wearing war bonnet headdress, on horseback at a pool of water

Background imagePlains Collection: Day Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Day Woman, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Day Woman, c1907. Head-and-Shoulders portrait of Dakota woman

Background imagePlains Collection: Cowboys, roping a buffalo on the plains

Cowboys, roping a buffalo on the plains, between 1887 and 1892. Three cowboys on horses roping a buffalo

Background imagePlains Collection: US School for Indians at Pine Ridge, SD, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

US School for Indians at Pine Ridge, SD, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
US School for Indians at Pine Ridge, SD, 1891. Small Oglala tipi camp in front of large government school buildings in open field

Background imagePlains Collection: The Cow Boy, c1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

The Cow Boy, c1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
The Cow Boy, c1888. Showing side view of a cowboy on a horse, looking towards the camera

Background imagePlains Collection: Gen Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the US

Gen Miles and staff viewing the largest hostile Indian Camp in the US, near Pine Ridge,s Dak, Jan 16, 1891, c1891. Seven military men on horseback viewing a Lakota camp from a distant hillside

Background imagePlains Collection: General Brook's Camp Camp near Pine Ridge SD

General Brook's Camp Camp near Pine Ridge SD, Jan 17, 1891, 1891. Military tent camp; tree in foreground, wooded hill in background

Background imagePlains Collection: At the dance Part of the 8th US Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great Indian grass dance

At the dance Part of the 8th US Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great Indian grass dance
At the dance. Part of the 8th U.S. Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great Indian grass dance on reservation []

Background imagePlains Collection: At the Dance Part of the 8th US Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great Indian Grass Dance

At the Dance Part of the 8th US Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great Indian Grass Dance
At the Dance. Part of the 8th U.S. Cavalry and 3rd Infantry at the great Indian Grass Dance on Reservation []

Background imagePlains Collection: The Great Hostile Camp, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

The Great Hostile Camp, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
The Great Hostile Camp, 1891. Bird's-eye view of a Lakota camp (several tipis and wagons in large field) probably on or near Pine Ridge Reservation

Background imagePlains Collection: Roundup scenes on Belle Fouche [sic] in 1887, 1887. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Roundup scenes on Belle Fouche [sic] in 1887, 1887. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Roundup scenes on Belle Fouche [sic] in 1887, 1887. Cowboys seated around chuckwagon at campsite

Background imagePlains Collection: Hostile Indian camp, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill

Hostile Indian camp, 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Hostile Indian camp, 1891. Bird's-eye view of a large Lakota camp of tipis, horses, and wagons, probably on or near Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Background imagePlains Collection: Agichida, Assiniboin, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Agichida, Assiniboin, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Agichida, Assiniboin, c1927. Photograph shows Agichida, an Assiniboine Indian, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left

Background imagePlains Collection: Cherry orchards and irrigation ditch, Emmett, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee

Cherry orchards and irrigation ditch, Emmett, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee
Cherry orchards and irrigation ditch, Emmett, Idaho

Background imagePlains Collection: Cherry orchards and farming land, Emmett, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee

Cherry orchards and farming land, Emmett, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee
Cherry orchards and farming land, Emmett, Idaho

Background imagePlains Collection: Cherry orchards, farm lands and irrigation ditch at Emmett

Cherry orchards, farm lands and irrigation ditch at Emmett, Idaho

Background imagePlains Collection: View of newly reclaimed bench land

View of newly reclaimed bench land. Emmett Smith (farm in background), " took his place out of the bush 3 years ago." Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imagePlains Collection: Western wheat country in a region which yields

Western wheat country in a region which yields over twenty five bushels to the acre. Banks, mortgage companies and insurance companies own many farms in this area. Umatilla County, Oregon

Background imagePlains Collection: Western wheat country in a region which yields over twenty five

Western wheat country in a region which yields over twenty five bushels to the acre. Banks, mortgage companies and insurance companies own many farms in this area. Umatilla County, Oregon

Background imagePlains Collection: On bench land of the Owyhee project

On bench land of the Owyhee project. Sage brush, irrigated fields, homestead. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon

Background imagePlains Collection: View of Sunset Valley, showing hay and clover

View of Sunset Valley, showing hay and clover, pasture land, corn land, grain land. Some of this valley has been under cultivation four or five years. Malheur County, Oregon

Background imagePlains Collection: The cream truck coming down the road

The cream truck coming down the road represents one steady element in the new settlers income. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon]

Background imagePlains Collection: Owyhee project landscape, East Bench

Owyhee project landscape, East Bench
Owyhee project landscape. East Bench, west of Vale, Malheur County, Oregon



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