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Title
Portrait of Mrs. Scott, a Christian Indian woman educated by the white man, 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 portrait of Mrs. Scott (Mrs. Rosmeyer?), a Christian Indian (Chemehuevi?) woman educated by the white man, ca.1900. She can be seen from the chest up looking up and slightly to the right. She is visible wearing a dark coat with elaborate stitching and fur collars. She is sitting outside, and her long greying hair is parted in the middle. Wrinkles are visible on her face.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16101
USC-1-1-1-14010 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3485
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16101
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3485.jpg
Subject
Indians of North America--Portraits
Indians--Yuma
Indians of North America
Women
Yuma Indians
Chemehuevi Indians
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-184- [Microfiche number]
3485 [Accession number]
CHS-3485 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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