Drawing of a Mexican American digging a water ditch, "zanja", near what may be a mission, ca.1840

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Title	Drawing of a Mexican American digging a water ditch, "zanja", near what may be a mission, ca.1840
Description	Photograph of a drawing of a Mexican American digging a water ditch, "zanja", near what may be a mission, ca.1840. The man's sleeves and pants are rolled up to his elbows and knees as he uses a shovel to pull dirt from the ankle-deep water in which he stands. He wears a sash at his waist and another around his lightly-colored hair. A cigarette hangs beneath his mustache with a line of smoke streaming to the left. The water ditch winds between two opposing banks which support rows of plants and a saddled horse on the right. The ditch leads to several large structures which stand in front of smooth hills in the background.
Subject (file heading)	Californios -- Illustrations
Subject (lcsh)	Mexican Americans Water-supply
Geographic subject (county)	Los Angeles
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1840
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1840
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs art
Accession number	40273
Call number	CHS-40273
Legacy record ID	chs-m10057; USC-1-1-1-10197
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-40273
Archival file	chs_Volume71/CHS-40273.tiff

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