California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Portrait of a Pueblo Indian family from New Mexico visiting Los Angeles, 1905

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Portrait of a Pueblo Indian family from New Mexico visiting Los Angeles, 1905

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Photographic portrait of a Pueblo Indian family from New Mexico visiting Los Angeles, 1905. The parents(?) crouch on a grassy lawn while their daughter(?) stands to the left. The mother and daughter wear leg wraps and skirts, while the father can be seen wearing trousers and a hat. His left elbow is visible resting on his knee, while his hand is placed under his chin. A palm tree and other vegetation is visible in the background.

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Title Portrait of a Pueblo Indian family from New Mexico visiting Los Angeles, 1905

Subject Indians -- Pueblo -- General (file heading), Indians -- Pueblo -- New Mexico (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Pottery (lcsh), Pueblo Indians (subject), Pueblo Indians (lcsh), tribal areas (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1905

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1905

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13807

Identifier 4773 (accession number), CHS-4773 (call number), CHS-4773 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13299 (legacy record id), chs-m13807 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13963 (legacy record id), 1-178- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13299

Unique identifier UC137338

Legacy Identifier CHS-4773.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.8 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
32.5 cm × 42.6 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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