Ethnology Collection

These images depict peoples from around the world in their traditional costumes and environments. While many photographs depict the subjects in their natural habitat, villages and homes in various genre scenes others are studio poses. Images of immigration are an important part of this collection. This aspect of the ethnology collection shows how various ethnic groups were depicted in countries to which they emigrated.




Anthropological Measurement of Native c. 1885






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