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Title
Hopi children riding burros, Arizona, 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 Hopi children riding burros, Arizona, ca.1900. Six children ride on two burros, three on each burro. A man stands next to the burro on the right. The burro on the left is a white burro with dark spots, while the burro on the right is of a single color. The lead boy is naked. The others are all clothed in dresses, shirts or blankets. The man wears a dark long-sleeved shirt and dark pants. Part of a structure is visible at right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17046
USC-1-1-1-13518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4735
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17046
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4735.jpg
Subject
Hopi Indians
Indians--Hopi
Indians of North America
Children
Tribal areas
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
USA
Source
1-76-23 [Microfiche number]
4735 [Accession number]
CHS-4735 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-1322 [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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