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NAU.PH.2008.23.10
Item number
109781
Creator
Noble, Thomas
Title
Little
Fellow-Called
by the
whites
'
Two
Pound
Sammy
'
Alternate title
Cozy
McSparron's
photo
album
containing
portraits
of
Navajo
men
in the
1940's
.
Date
1940-1949
Type
Image
Description
BIOGRAPHICAL
HISTORY
:
Leon
Hugh
(Cozy)
McSparron
was
born
in
1894
in
Gallup
,
New
Mexico
.
Growing
up
near
the
Navajo
Reservation
,
Cozy
became
an
early
Navajo
speaker
.
Former
Thunderbird
Ranch
owner
,
Hartley
Seymour
,
urged
Cozy
McSparron
to
move
to
Chinle
to
train
Seymour
to
box
.
Cozy
began
working
at
Thunderbird
Ranch
and in the
1920's
,
bought
out
Hartley
Seymour
thus
becoming
the
owner
of the
trading
post
.
Thunderbird
Ranch
(now
Thunderbird
Lodge)
is
located
400
meters
south
of the
mouth
of
Canyon
de
Chelly
.
Cozy
and his
wife
,
Inja
McSparron
, are
credited
for
encouraging
Navajo
weavers
at that
time
to
return
to the
use
of
vegetable
dyes
in
wool
dying
. They are also
credited
for
influencing
better
quality
weaving
of
Navajo
rugs
in the
Chinle
area
.
Cozy
McSparron
raised
his
family
,
which
included
his
two
daughters
,
Laramie
and
Marion
McSparron
in
Chinle
,
Arizona
. He
retired
from
Thunderbird
Ranch
in
1956
,
selling
the
trading
post
to the
Navajo
Tribe
. He
died
November
1
,
1959
.
Dr
.
Thomas
Noble
,
Jr
. of
Indianapolis
,
Indiana
was a
frequent
visitor
to
Thunderbird
Ranch
in the
1920's
. He was a
medical
doctor
and the
photographer
of the
portraits
of the
Navajo
men
.
Later
in
Cozy's
life
, he
became
a
patient
of
Dr
.
Noble
.
Collection name
McSparron, Cozy
Language
English
Repository
Northern Arizona University. Cline Library.
Rights
ABOR
Subjects
Navajo Indians--Arizona
Navajo Indians--Portraits
Physical format
Gelatin
Silver
print
(black
and
white)
Physical dimension
11x14 inches
Master file size
56631516
Master mimetype
image/tiff
Master file format
tif
Hardware
Epson Expression 10000XL scanner
Software
Photoshop 9.0
Master color scheme
Grayscale
Master image bit depth
8-bit
Master resolution
600
Master pixels horizontal
6666
Master pixels vertical
8492
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