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Title
Rough brush lean-to in an Apache Indian camp, ca.1880
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
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 brush lean-to in an Apache Indian camp, ca.1800. A woman, whose back faces the foreground, sits on the ground in front of the brush dwelling weaving a basket. Various camp supplies, boxes (one reading "Rex Brand Corned Beef, [...] Packing Co."), blankets, clothing and cooking utensils are scattered about the general area. Part of a wagon is visible behind the brush at right.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 21 x 16 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2782
USC-1-1-1-2850 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3592
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2782
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3592.jpg
Subject
Apache Nation
Indians--Apache
Indians of North America
Apache Indians
Dwellings
Women
Basket makers
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
Arizona
USA
Source
1-161- [Microfiche number]
3592 [Accession number]
CHS-3592 [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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