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Title
Line of students entering the Government Navajo Indian school, Tohatchi, New Mexico, ca.1901
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 a line of about 30 students queued up to enter the Government Navajo Indian school, Tohatchi, New Mexico, ca.1901. The children are lined up by height with the shortest children in front. The teacher(s?) stand nearby. The brick building has a stone foundation, a peaked roof, two chimneys and two vents visible, and four windows and a door visible.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15878
USC-1-1-1-13946 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3218
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15878
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3218.jpg
Subject
Indians--Navajo
Indians of North America
Navajo Indians
Children
Schools
Educational facilities
Time Period
circa 1901
Place
McKinley
New Mexico
Tohatchi Indian Reservation
Gallup
USA
Source
1-172- [Microfiche number]
3218 [Accession number]
CHS-3218 [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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