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Title
Hopi Indian family at the ladder leading to the entrance of their dwelling, 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 Hopi Indian family (mother, 4 children, father) at the ladder leading to the entrance of their dwelling, ca.1900. A non-Indian woman sits at the far left. The adobe pueblo house against which the ladder leans consists of two levels. Plants from a harvested crop hang drying from the wall of the second floor. Baskets and kachina dolls sit at the foot of the ladder. A tin can sits in a window near the non-Indian woman.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 13 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16551
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4040
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16551
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4040.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Indians--Hopi
Indians of North America
Dwellings
Clothing and dress
Hairstyles
Blankets
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-168- [Microfiche number]
4040 [Accession number]
CHS-4040 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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