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Rosario Cooper, last speaker of the Obispeño Chumash language, seated at viewer's right outside her home near Arroyo Grande during her linguistic work with John P. Harrington : 1916 ; left to right: Mauro Soto, Rosario's husband, J. P. Harrington, Frank Olivas Jr. (Rosario's grandson), and Rosario Cooper

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Title: Rosario Cooper, last speaker of the Obispeño Chumash language, seated at viewer's right outside her home near Arroyo Grande during her linguistic work with John P. Harrington : 1916 ; left to right: Mauro Soto, Rosario's husband, J. P. Harrington, Frank Olivas Jr. (Rosario's grandson), and Rosario Cooper
Creator: Unknown
Contributor: Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Date Created and/or Issued: 1916
Contributing Institution: Black Gold Cooperative Library System
Collection: Native Americans on the Central Coast
Rights Information: Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Rosario Cooper, last speaker of the Obispeño Chumash language, seated at viewer's right outside her home near Arroyo Grande during her linguistic work with John P. Harrington, 1916. Left to right: Mauro Soto, Rosario's husband, J. P. Harrington, Frank Olivas, Jr., Rosario's grandson, and Rosario Cooper.
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 X 26 cm.
Identifier: http://www.luna.blackgold.org/luna/servlet/detail/blackgold~3~3~255~1369
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Language: English
Subject: Cooper, Rosario
San Luis Obispo County (Calif.)
Obispeño Chumash Indians--California--San Luis Obispo County
Chumash Indians--California--San Luis Obispo County
Chumash Indians--Social life--California--San Luis Obispo County
Source: CVTB_194.jpg
Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection
Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay

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