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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Portrait of an old Mono Indian with many war medals carved in flesh on his chest, ca.1900
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Portrait of an old Mono Indian with many war medals carved in flesh on his chest, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of a portrait of an old Mono Indian with many war medals carved in flesh on his chest, ca.1900. The man is pictured from his upper torso to his head and is turned to the right. He is topless and is only wearing a feather and fur headdress. His bare chest is covered in small white ornaments, identified as war medals. At the time of this photograph, the man was 105 years old.
Asset Metadata
Title
Portrait of an old Mono Indian with many war medals carved in flesh on his chest, ca.1900
Subject
Clothing and dress
(lcsh),
Indians -- Paiute
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
Mono Indians
(subject)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(aat),
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
1900
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17759
Identifier
11196 (
accession number
), CHS-11196 (
call number
), CHS-11196 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-17745 (
legacy record id
), chs-m17759 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13951 (
legacy record id
), 1-176- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
17745
Unique identifier
UC142631
Legacy Identifier
CHS-11196.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.1 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
33.2 cm × 41.4 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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