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Title
Yuma Indian council in front of a native dwelling, 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 Yuma Indian council in front of a native dwelling, ca.1900. About 22 men sit or stand in a long line. Some sit on a long bench, one sits in a rocking chair. A few women are visible in the area in the background. The small mud and stick dwelling behind them has a thatched roof.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16132 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3521
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16132
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3521.jpg
Subject
Indians of North America--Portraits
Indians
Indians of North America
Men
Indians of North America--Councils
Yuma Indians
Chemehuevi Indians
Dwellings
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-184- [Microfiche number]
3521 [Accession number]
CHS-3521 [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
chs-m265

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