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Title
Pueblo Indian bell-ringer in the belfry of the old church, Acoma Pueblo, ca.1900
Creator
James, George Wharton
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 pueblo Indian bell-ringer in the belfry of the old church, Acoma Pueblo, ca.1900. The belfry is made of adobe with a wood beam roof, while two bells hang from wooden beams. The bell-ringer can be seen at center wearing long trousers, a white long-sleeved shirt, and a tie. In each hand he can be seen holding the rope hanging from the clapper of each bell.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 13 x 18 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16853
USC-1-1-1-13461 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4517
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16853
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4517.jpg
Subject
Acoma Indians
Acoma
Indians--Acoma
Indians of North America
Religious facilities
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Acoma Pueblo
New Mexico
USA
Source
1-160-18 [Microfiche number]
4517 [Accession number]
CHS-4517 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-863 [Identifying number]
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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