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Title
Chemehuevi Indian man sleeping in his sleeping shelter in the field, 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 Chemehuevi Indian man sleeping in his sleeping shelter in the field, ca.1900. An arched pergola constructed of branches provides shade for the man laying on the raised stick and branch platform on which he sleeps with a blanket for a pillow, while tending his fields.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16138
USC-1-1-1-13493 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3527
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16138
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3527.jpg
Subject
Chemehuevi Indians
Indians
Chemehuevi--Palm Springs--Desert
Indians--Chemehuevi
Indians of North America
Beds
Men
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-164- [Microfiche number]
3527 [Accession number]
CHS-3527 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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