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Description
Photograph of a Coahuilla Indian policeman and his daughter, Pala, California, ca.1900-1905. He sits with his hands on his lap. He has a large mustache and looks to his left. He wears a fine straw hat with a ribbon around the side, and a uniform with stripes long the collar, front and around the cuffs. His young daughter stands behind him to his right. Her right hand is partially hidden inside the front of her striped dress. The thatched wall of a dwelling(?) is immediately behind them.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w 22 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives photographs
Indians of North America Men Police Children Pala Indians Missions, Spanish Mission Indians Indians--Mission--Pala Coahuilla, Mission Indians Coahuilla Indians Housing areas
Time Period
circa 1900/1905
Place
California USA
Source
1-172- [Microfiche number] 3981 [Accession number] CHS-3981 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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