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Title
Old blind Chemehuevi Indian woman sitting on the ground, 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 an old blind Chemehuevi Indian woman sitting on the ground, ca.1900. She is sitting outside on sandy earth in front of some plants and clothes(?) hanging on a branch in the background. She is wearing a long dotted dress and a scarf over her head. She is barefoot. A few small stones or coals sit in a small pile in front of her. Her left arm crosses her chest as she grasps her right shoulder. Her right hand grasps her right ankle. Both legs are bent. Her left knee is up and her right knee is down.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16115
USC-1-1-1-13493 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3501
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16115
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3501.jpg
Subject
Chemehuevi Indians
Indians
Indians--Chemehuevi
Indians of North America
Women
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-164- [Microfiche number]
3501 [Accession number]
CHS-3501 [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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