California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Two Pima Indian pottery makers on their way to market, ca.1892

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Two Pima Indian pottery makers on their way to market, ca.1892

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Photograph of two Pima Indian pottery makers on their way to market, ca.1892. The two women are at center and are looking directly at the camera. The woman on the left is kneeling on the ground and is holding a large basket full of pots on her shoulders. She has a cane in her hand at right. She is wearing a light shirt and dress with dark spots. The woman at right is standing and holding a baby in front of her. She also has a large basket full of pots on her back. She is wearing a dark patterned dress and her child is wearing a light hooded outfit. The Indians are indoors, and the wall behind them is painted with images of plants and palm trees.

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Title Two Pima Indian pottery makers on their way to market, ca.1892

Subject Baskets (lcsh), Children (lcsh), Indians -- Pima (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Pima Indians (subject), Pima Indians (lcsh), Pottery (lcsh), residential sites (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1892

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 13 cm. (aacr2), 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 1892

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-m17764

Identifier 11795 (accession number), CHS-11795 (call number), CHS-11795 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17750 (legacy record id), chs-m17764 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13956 (legacy record id), 1-175- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17750

Unique identifier UC142396

Legacy Identifier CHS-11795.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.6 in × 18.8 in at 300dpi
34.6 cm × 47.8 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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