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Coahuilla Indian funeral in the cemetery where Alesandro (of Ramona fame) is buried, ca.1896
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Coahuilla Indian funeral in the cemetery where Alesandro (of Ramona fame) is buried, ca.1896

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Photograph of a Coahuilla Indian funeral in the cemetery where Alesandro (of Ramona fame) is buried, ca.1896. A group of about 30 men, women and children are gathered about a gravesite. Small picket fences surround some of the graves. Crosses mark many of the graves. A small grouping of large stones lay on the ground in the background. Scrub brush and grass grow in the foreground. Ramona was made famous in the novel of the same name by Helen Hunt Jackson. 
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Title Coahuilla Indian funeral in the cemetery where Alesandro (of Ramona fame) is buried, ca.1896 
Creator James, George Wharton (photographer) 
Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital) 
Date Created 1896 
Subject Cahuilla Indians  (subject), Cahuilla Indians  (lcsh), Cemeteries  (adlf), Coahuilla Indians  (subject), Coahuilla, Mission Indians -- Ramona  (subject), Funeral rites and ceremonies  (lcsh), Indians -- Mission -- Cahuilla  (subject), Indians -- Ramona -- Subjects  (file heading), Indians of North America  (lcsh), Mission Indians  (subject), Ramona  (subject) 
Tags OAI-PMH Harvest 
Place California (states), USA (countries) 
Temporal Subject 1896 
Type images
Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 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) 
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-m16411 
Identifier 3834 (accession number), CHS-3834 (call number), CHS-3834 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16350 (legacy record id), chs-m16411 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14072 (legacy record id), 1-172- (microfiche number) 
IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID] 
DM Record ID 16350 
Unique identifier UC140964 
Legacy Identifier CHS-3834.tiff 
Type Image 
Internet Media Type image/tiff
Resolution 16.9 in × 13.1 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.4 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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