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priscilla 1Early Native American Pictures
December 14th 2009 20:37
As reported in this article in the Denver Post, in the early 1900s, William Pennington and Lisle Updike spent most days travelling the four corners area of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona in a wagon photographing the people and landscapes.
William Pennington and Lisle Updike formed their business partnership about 1908 and opened a portrait studio in Durango, Colorado.
These pictures, bearing the stamp of their studio, were recently discovered in a long forgotten file of the Denver Post library. The captions were hand written on the back of each photo.
The two young photographers supported themselves with their portrait business, but satisfied their artistic urges by traveling around the Four Corners area in a wagon taking pictures such as the ones appearing on this page.
“There was no money in taking pictures of Indians,” Updike, 84, said from his winter home in Phoenix, Arizona. His sons and grandsons now operate a chain of Updike studios in Utah and Arizona.
Pennington was 34 and Updike was 19 when they first started working together. They first met in Texas where they photographed portraits at studios ion different towns. Their partnership continued off and on until about 1920, Updike said. They were together again during the 1930s when Pennington died.
Most of the pictures shown here were taken from about 1915 into the 1920s, Updike said.
William Pennington and Lisle Updike formed their business partnership about 1908 and opened a portrait studio in Durango, Colorado.
These pictures, bearing the stamp of their studio, were recently discovered in a long forgotten file of the Denver Post library. The captions were hand written on the back of each photo.
The two young photographers supported themselves with their portrait business, but satisfied their artistic urges by traveling around the Four Corners area in a wagon taking pictures such as the ones appearing on this page.
“There was no money in taking pictures of Indians,” Updike, 84, said from his winter home in Phoenix, Arizona. His sons and grandsons now operate a chain of Updike studios in Utah and Arizona.
Pennington was 34 and Updike was 19 when they first started working together. They first met in Texas where they photographed portraits at studios ion different towns. Their partnership continued off and on until about 1920, Updike said. They were together again during the 1930s when Pennington died.
Most of the pictures shown here were taken from about 1915 into the 1920s, Updike said.
Ute Indian Woman
Navajo Indian carrying baby
Ute Indians in Dance Dress
Navajo Brother and Sister
Apache Indian Maidens posing by their tepee
Parting friends, Navajo men
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