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Title
Interior of a Navajo hogan, ca.1901
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1901
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 the interior of a Navajo dwelling, or hogan, ca.1901. Rough-hewn timbers form the walls, and beams which support the wooden planks of the ceiling. The floor is dirt. At the right several animal pelts hang from a horizontal pole. Blankets, bedding, sacks, and clothing sit or hang near the far wall. A leather purse or wallet hangs from one of the roof beams at left. Legible writing includes: ..."9, [...]U.S. Indian Agen"..., "Flour Mill[...], Belle [...], Value [...], XXXX F[...], Lamar Milling & [...], A.J. Hottel, Lamar, Co"....
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15871
USC-1-1-1-13946 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3208
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15871
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3208.jpg
Subject
Indians--Navajo
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Dwellings
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
USA
Source
1-174- [Microfiche number]
3208 [Identifying number]
CHS-3208 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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