California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Two Acoma Indian men sitting before the sacred kisi of San Esteban, Acoma Pueblo, 1886

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Two Acoma Indian men sitting before the sacred kisi of San Esteban, Acoma Pueblo, 1886

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Photograph of two Acoma Indian men sitting on a wooden bench before the sacred kisi of San Esteban (Saint Stephan), Acoma Pueblo, 1886. The kisi is surrounded by large plants. Inside open entry of the kisi, there are several chairs. Some blankets hang on the wall. Both men wear long-sleeved shirts and pants. Part of another person sitting across from them is also visible.

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Title Two Acoma Indian men sitting before the sacred kisi of San Esteban, Acoma Pueblo, 1886

Subject Acoma Indians (subject), Acoma Indians (lcsh), Indians -- Acoma (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), tribal areas (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Acoma Pueblo (city or populated place), New Mexico (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1886

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1886

Creator James, George Wharton (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16867

Identifier 4532 (accession number), CHS-4532 (call number), CHS-4532 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16789 (legacy record id), chs-m16867 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13461 (legacy record id), 1-160-34 (microfiche number), USC (project), James-889 (unidentified no.)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16789

Unique identifier UC141318

Legacy Identifier CHS-4532.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.0 in × 16.8 in at 300dpi
33.2 cm × 42.7 cm at 300dpi

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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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