Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Edward S. Curtis
Born: February 16, 1868
Died: October 19, 1952 (aged 84)
Bio: Edward Sheriff Curtis was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American peoples.
Known for:
- The North American Indian (1907)
- The vanishing race
- Portraits from North American Indian life
- The master prints
- Edward Sheriff Curtis