Asahel Curtis (1874 - 1941) was a Northwest Photographer. 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ...
External links
Washington State History Museum Exhibit (http://www.washingtonhistory.org/wshm/online-exhibits/curtis/)
Edward Sheriff Curtis was born in 1868 near Whitewater, Wisconsin, to The Rev. Johnson AsahelCurtis (1840-1887) and Ellen Sheriff (1844-1912).
In 1895 Curtis met and photographed Princess Angeline (c1800-1896) aka Kickisomlo, the daughter of Chief Sealth of Seattle.
Curtis hires Adolph Muhr (?-1912) to run the studio while he is away working on photography and trying to get financing in New York and Washington, D.C. 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt invites Curtis to photograph his children after seeing Curtis' winning photograph in "The Prettiest Children in America" contest published in Ladies' Home Journal.
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