California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

View of the Umatilla Indian camp, July 1900

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View of the Umatilla Indian camp, July 1900

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Photograph of a view of the Umatilla Indian camp, July 1900. Dozens of light-colored teepees can be seen on a wide flat plain at center. In the foreground several horses can be seen grazing. The plain is bordered in the background by a dense forest. An American flag can be seen over a teepee in the distance at right. In the sky, there are large clouds visible.; "The camping ground of the Umatilla, to which they congregate with invited guests from other reservations for one or two weeks each year, just before going into the mountains for the summer outing".

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Title View of the Umatilla Indian camp, July 1900

Subject camps (adlf), Cheyenne Indians (lcsh), Comanche Indians (lcsh), Indians -- General (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Pomo Indians (lcsh), Umatilla Indians (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900-07

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1900-07

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-m17736

Identifier 32987 (accession number), CHS-32987 (call number), CHS-32987 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17722 (legacy record id), chs-m17736 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13437 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17722

Unique identifier UC142635

Legacy Identifier CHS-32987.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 10.6 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 27.1 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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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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