California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

A group of Hopi Indian women building an adobe house in the village of Oraibi, ca.1901

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A group of Hopi Indian women building an adobe house in the village of Oraibi, ca.1901

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Photograph of a group of about 10 Hopi Indian women building an adobe or stone house in the village of Oraibi, ca.1901. Some are on the ladders, others are on the ground or on the roof. The dwelling abuts other dwellings.

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Title A group of Hopi Indian women building an adobe house in the village of Oraibi, ca.1901

Subject Dwellings (lcsh), Hopi Indians (lcsh), Indians -- Hopi -- General (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), tribal areas (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), Navajo (counties), Oraibi (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1901

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)

Date Created 1901

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14952

Identifier 1251 (accession number), CHS-1251 (call number), CHS-1251 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15586 (legacy record id), chs-m14952 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13519 (legacy record id), 1-168- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15586

Unique identifier UC143108

Legacy Identifier CHS-1251.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
43.8 cm × 33.9 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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