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Title
Group of Yuma Indian girls posing in front of their dormitory at the Indian School at Yuma, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a group of about 50 Yuma Indian girls and their teacher posing in front of the girls' dormitory at the Indian School at Yuma, ca.1900. They are arranged sitting and standing according to height in about 5 rows. They all wear dresses of the same design -- a dotted print. The school is a two story wooden structure with a wraparound porch on both floors. There is a ladder from the balcony to the roof. A smaller building stands at right in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16143
USC-1-1-1-14010 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3533
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16143
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3533.jpg
Subject
Indians of North America--Portraits
Indians--Yuma
Indians of North America
Children
Yuma Indians
Schools
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
USA
Yuma
Source
1-184- [Microfiche number]
3533 [Accession number]
CHS-3533 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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