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Title
George Wharton James takes notes as a Walapai Indian man demonstrates how to make fire, Kingman, Arizona, ca.1902
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1902
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 photographer, George Wharton James, taking notes in a small notebook held in his left hand as a Walapai Indian man crouches at left demonstrating how to build a fire, Kingman, Arizona, ca.1902. James has a long beard and moustache. He sits on a striped blanket at right. He wears a hat, trousers, and a vest over a light shirt with a long tie. His jacket is slung across his left forearm. The fire builder, who has a small bundle strapped to his back, kneels with his fire building utensils in hand. He is wearing a hat, trousers, and vest over a light shirt with a bandana around his neck. Jim Fielding, the Indian policeman, wearing a hat and jacket interprets at James' right. To James' left an old Walapai Indian woman clasps her hands over a pottery water jug in front of her as she sits on the ground watching as well. The wooden wall of a building, with an open window showing the head and shoulders of a white man with a moustache and bow tie, is behind the group.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15862
USC-1-1-1-13998 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3197
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15862
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3197.jpg
Subject
Fielding, Jim
Indians--Walapai
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Men
Women
Walapai Indians
Indians of North America
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1902
Place
Arizona
Kingman
USA
Source
1-183-; 1-90-303 [Microfiche number]
3197 [Accession number]
CHS-3197 [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
chs-m265

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