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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Ramona kneeling at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905
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Ramona kneeling at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905
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Description
Photograph of Ramona kneeling in sorrow at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905. Her forehead rests in her hands as she grieves. A wooden cross marks the grave. Other wooden cross grave markers are visible throughout the cemetery. Some of the grave sites are enclosed in small rectangular picket fences. Ramona was made famous in the novel of the same name by Helen Hunt Jackson.
Asset Metadata
Title
Ramona kneeling at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905
Subject
Cemeteries
(adlf),
Indians of North America -- Reservations
(lcsh),
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885
(naf),
Ramona
(subject),
Tombs
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
Riverside
(counties),
tribal areas: Coahuilla Indian Reservation
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1905
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
(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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16426
Identifier
3873 (
accession number
), CHS-3873 (
call number
), CHS-3873 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16365 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16426 (
legacy record id
), 1-188- (
microfiche number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16365
Unique identifier
UC140981
Legacy Identifier
CHS-3873.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.0 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
33.1 cm × 43.1 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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