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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of two Shoshone Indian basket weavers from the Owens Valley, ca.1910. The two women are seated on the dirt in the foreground, hard at work on two baskets. Both women are wearing long dresses, long-sleeved shirts, and cloths over their heads. Between them on the ground is a large glass pitcher and a small tin cup. There is a wide tree behind them and behind the tree is a light-colored wooden fence. There is a wooden building in the background at right. Writing on the image reads "Smith Carson. Nev_ No. 203".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 13 x 18 cm., 17 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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