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 a single Yuma woman seated in Bonine's studio, turned three quarters toward the camera with one arm resting on a fringed and tasseled upholstered chair. She is bare above a floral patterned wrap skirt and wears a white shell gorget at the throat, her hair long and centre parted with a short fringe. The negative number 84 is marked on the chair base, and the mount carries the orange border, printed below "Yuma Indians, Arizona, E. A. Bonine, Photo., Lamanda Park, Los Angeles Co., Cal.," with light spotting to the upper field.
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 a single Yuma woman seated in Bonine's studio, turned three quarters toward the camera with one arm resting on a fringed and tasseled upholstered chair. She is bare above a floral patterned wrap skirt and wears a white shell gorget at the throat, her hair long and centre parted with a short fringe. The negative number 84 is marked on the chair base, and the mount carries the orange border, printed below "Yuma Indians, Arizona, E. A. Bonine, Photo., Lamanda Park, Los Angeles Co., Cal.," with light spotting to the upper field.
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.
