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Title
Hopi Indian mother whitewashing her adobe dwelling in the doorway of which are two children, 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 mother whitewashing her adobe dwelling in the doorway of which are two children, ca.1900. The little boy stands naked beside the little girl who is wearing a dress and sitting on the threshhold. At the mother's feet and beside the boy, a large pottery bowl sits on a wood box. The mother's right hand presses against the side of the dwelling. A metal tub sits on the ground behind her.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16350
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3764
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16350
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3764.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Indians--Hopi
Indians of North America
Dwellings
Clothing and dress
Children
Women
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-168- [Microfiche number]
3764 [Accession number]
CHS-3764 [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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