Yuma (Quechan); E. A. Bonine, photographer
Lamanda Park, Los Angeles County, California; subject Arizona
circa 1885
Albumen print, cabinet card
4.5 x 7 in
This albumen cabinet card shows two Yuma people posed in Bonine's studio, a man seated in a wooden chair beside a standing woman whose hand rests on his shoulder. The man wears a long striped garment with a cloth drawn across the lap, his legs and feet bare, his hair loose to the shoulders and his face marked with paint. The woman stands bare above a wrapped skirt patterned with rings, wearing a white shell gorget with a long drop at the throat, her chin tattooed and her hair cut in a fringe. The mount carries the orange border, printed below "Yuma Indians, Arizona, E. A. Bonine, Photo., Lamanda Park, Los Angeles Co., Cal.," with the photographer's printed advertisement on the verso and light surface spotting overall.
Elias A. Bonine (1843 to 1916) was a photographer who settled in Southern California and operated a studio at Lamanda Park, near Pasadena. He made repeated trips to Arizona in the 1870s and 1880s, photographing Yuma, Mojave, and other Colorado River peoples in staged studio settings, and sold the resulting portraits commercially by mail. His photographs are held in public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Anthropological Archives.
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Yuma (Quechan); E. A. Bonine, photographer
Lamanda Park, Los Angeles County, California; subject Arizona
circa 1885
Albumen print, cabinet card
4.5 x 7 in
This albumen cabinet card shows two Yuma people posed in Bonine's studio, a man seated in a wooden chair beside a standing woman whose hand rests on his shoulder. The man wears a long striped garment with a cloth drawn across the lap, his legs and feet bare, his hair loose to the shoulders and his face marked with paint. The woman stands bare above a wrapped skirt patterned with rings, wearing a white shell gorget with a long drop at the throat, her chin tattooed and her hair cut in a fringe. The mount carries the orange border, printed below "Yuma Indians, Arizona, E. A. Bonine, Photo., Lamanda Park, Los Angeles Co., Cal.," with the photographer's printed advertisement on the verso and light surface spotting overall.
Elias A. Bonine (1843 to 1916) was a photographer who settled in Southern California and operated a studio at Lamanda Park, near Pasadena. He made repeated trips to Arizona in the 1870s and 1880s, photographing Yuma, Mojave, and other Colorado River peoples in staged studio settings, and sold the resulting portraits commercially by mail. His photographs are held in public collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Anthropological Archives.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
