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Title
Pima Indian mother, Louisa Breckenridge, and her baby, Pima, Arizona, 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 Pima Indian mother, Louisa Breckenridge, and her baby, Pima, Arizona, ca.1900. She stands outside with her baby hugged to her chest and her hands clasped in front of her. She wears a long striped dress. She is barefoot, but the baby is wearing shoes. A small dog stands at her feet. Behind her to the right several pots and cooking vessels are strewn about the ground. Portions of two rough wood dwellings with thatched roofs are visible behind her to the left.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16241
USC-1-1-1-13956 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3630
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16241
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3630.jpg
Subject
Indians--Pima
Indians of North America
Pima Indians
Women
Children
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
Pima
USA
Source
1-175- [Microfiche number]
3630 [Accession number]
CHS-3630 [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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