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Title
[Indians dancing at Mission San Jose]
Date Created and/or Issued
1806
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
Reproduction of original painting by [George Heinrich von] Langsdorff in 1806.
Courtesy of Bancroft Library. No. 10.
2016-2729.
Photographic copy of photograph of Ohlone Indians from Mission San Jose dancing. Caption at bottom in German language "Ein Tanz der Indianer in der Mission in St. Jose in Neu-Californien." Attached text on verso, "Courtesy of Bancroft Library, No. 10." "Their bodies decorated for a dance, Indians at Mission San Jose posed for this painting by the German scientist Langsdorff in 1806. The photograph is from the original, owned by Warren Howell.
Dennis Kruska;
Type
image
Format
Unmediated
Sheet
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. image on 5 x 7 sheet.
Identifier
(C)001586163CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Ohlone Indians--Missions--California
Ohlone Indians--Social life and customs--California
Mission San Jose (Alameda County, Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Mission San Jose (Alameda County, Calif.)

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