Maricopa Indian, Arizona
1875 · albumen silver print
sheet and image: 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (19.0 x 11.1 cm.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Elias A. Bonine
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WA-00047920
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- Birth yearWikidata· 92%
- Death yearWikidata· 92%
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- BiographyWikipedia· 88%
- LocationWikidata· 80%
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- SmithsonianTier 1 · Institutional85%
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Elias A. Bonine was a 19th-century American photographer based in Yuma who documented the Arizona Territory during a formative period of regional development and settlement. Working primarily in albumen and gelatin silver processes, Bonine captured landscapes, mining operations, and frontier communities with a documentary precision that established him as a significant recorder of the American Southwest. His archive constitutes a visual record of territorial infrastructure and daily life in one of the nation's most remote regions during the late 1800s.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
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