1. EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 564 Acoma Belfry, 1904. 11.3x15.6" image on 14x17.2" copper plate. Plate date 1926. From Portfolio 16, Pueblo Indians, of The North American Indian. Engraved on plate recto: Plate 564/ Acoma Belfry /From Copyright Photograph 1904 by E.S. Curtis/Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass.

2. EDWARD S. CURTIS. Plate 564 Acoma Belfry, 1904. 11.3x15.6" photogravure 13x17" Holland Van Gelder paper attached to envelope remnants. Print date 1926. From Portfolio 16, Pueblo Indians, of The North American Indian. Inscribed in ink on envelope recto: Plate 564/564/Acoma Belfry /From Copyright Photograph 1904 by E.S. Curtis/Photogravure Suffolk Eng. Co. Cambridge, Mass.

Curtis wrote about this: "With the possible exception of Sia, Acoma possesses the oldest church among the pueblos. Its bell is dated 1710, but the massive structure may have been erected as early as 1699. (See Volume XVI, pages 170-171.): The Keres village of Acoma is the oldest continuously occupied settlement min the United States. Perched on the top of a mesa some three hundred and fifty few above the surrounding valley, accessible by difficult trails partly cut in the solid rock of the precipices, it is no less picturesquely placed than Walpi."

1. Copper Plate: Very Good. Minor scratches, tarnish, dents, abrasions small dark spots, and ink residue throughout plate surface

2. Envelope in fair to poor condition, tears, abrasions, ink stains, spots, tattered edges.