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 a Mojave Indian woman named Potch-Patch, ca.1900. She wears a plaid blanket with tassles around her shoulders and a long print dress and a button-up blouse held at two points with safety pins. She also wears many beaded necklaces tightly around her throat. She stands in a field staring directly into the camera. Behind her at right, a pipe can be seen emerging from the ground. In the distance behind her, at left, a small building is visible.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 22 x 17 cm. glass plate negatives portraits photographic prints photographs
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