Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), photographer. 1581 - A Group of Mariposa Belles. Outdoor group portrait. Series, "The Indians of California." Albumen stereoview. San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson, [early 1870s]. 

Series title, view title, photographer & publisher imprint to mount recto. Photographer & publisher's 429 Montgomery St. imprints with advertising to mount verso. 

An outdoor portrait of five Native American women from California, likely Miwok or Yokuts from the Mariposa region. Most wear European-American-style dresses, including plaid and calico. Three of the women wear traditional headbands, and the woman seated in the foreground wraps a woven blanket shawl over her shoulders. A u-macha bark house is visible behind them. 

Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) was a pioneering English photographer who emigrated to New York City at 20 before moving to San Francisco, arriving in 1855. In the summer and autumn of 1867, he made his first photographic expedition to Yosemite Valley, capturing the grandeur of the western landscape. 

Henry W. Bradley (1813-1900) and William Henry Rulofson (1826-1878) partnered in 1863 and purchased Vance's old gallery at 429 Montgomery St. in San Francisco. Renowned for high-quality prints, they partnered with Muybridge in the early 1870s, and their collaboration earned many awards for excellence. 

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