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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an old blind Yuma Indian woman laying as though just awakened in front of a small native thatched dwelling, ca.1900. Two or three other bundles or sleeping people are visible in the shadows inside the dwelling. Two blankets hang near the doorway. A chair, stroller, bedframe, and other household items sit in a jumble between the dwelling and under another wooden shelter at left. A pan or basket on the roof of the thatched dwelling is covered with branches. Legible writing includes: ..."Squadron [...] & Java".... Wild grass grows in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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