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Title
Three Pueblo Indian women displaying their ollas for sale at the railroad tracks, New Mexico, 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 three Pueblo Indian women displaying their ollas for sale at the railroad tracks, New Mexico, ca.1900. They stand side by side with highly decorated ollas, or pottery water jugs, balanced on their heads and about seven more ollas sitting on the ground at their feet. They are standing between the rails adjacent to the boardwalk platform. Two other sets of rails are at right. A small dwelling is visible in the background at left.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16467
USC-1-1-1-13963 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3927
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16467
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3927.jpg
Subject
Indians--Pueblo--General
Indians--Pueblo--New Mexico
Indians of North America
Pueblo Indians
Women
Pottery
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
New Mexico
USA
Source
1-177-; 1-178- [Microfiche number]
3927 [Accession number]
CHS-3927 [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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