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Title
Little Mexican girl with an olla (water jar) in Mexico, ca.1905
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1905
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 little Mexican girl with an olla (water jar) in Mexico, ca.1905. She stands with the thumb of her right hand hooked in the sash about her waist and with her left hand grasping the rim of an olla against her left leg. There are several potted plants around her. At left is a large needlepoint rack with a partially finished piece. Behind her is a tree. The ground is paved with tiles.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 20 cm., 17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14580
USC-1-1-1-14140 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-683
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14580
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-683.jpg
Subject
Mexico--General
Servants
Housing areas
Time Period
circa 1905
Place
Mexico
Source
1-224- [Microfiche number]
683 [Accession number]
CHS-683 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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