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Title
Portrait of Captain Luis Torres, husband of Juana Torres and head of the Coahuilla Indian tribe at Torres
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1903
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 Captain Luis Torres, husband of Juana Torres and head of the Coahuilla Indian tribe at Torres, east of Palm Springs. From the thighs up. He is sitting in a chair with a wooden back with his hands on his lap. He is wearing a light long sleeved striped shirt and dark striped trousers. His clothing is somewhat soiled. He has short dark hair and a moustache. His complexion is dark. He is turned slightly to his left. Behind him is the mud or adobe wall of a building with a thatched roof.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
portraits
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15392 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2297
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15392
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2297.jpg
Subject
Torres, Juana
Torres, Luis
Portraits--Torres
Indians
Palm Springs--Coahuilla, Mission Indians
Time Period
circa 1903
Place
California
Torres
Palm Springs
USA
Source
1-172-; 1-45- [Microfiche number]
2297 [Accession number]
CHS-2297 [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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