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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of Indian sheep shearers at Camulos Ranch, Ramona's home, 1885. A group of 29 Indian sheep shearers (Esquintadors -- Trasquiladores), 16 of which are men and the rest are women and children, can be seen standing on a slight slope in front of a thatched roof adobe(?) building. Sitting among the men are a few chairs. One man sits on a horse. The ground is covered with scrub brush and a few other plants. Mountains are visible in the background. Image is a crop of CHS-187.
Type
image
Format
1 photographs : photoprint, b&w 16 x 21 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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