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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Apache Indian "Kan" or brush house, ca.1900
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Apache Indian "Kan" or brush house, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of an Apache Indian "Kan" or brush house, ca.1900. Shaped like an inverted cone with an arched opening, the thatched brush is supported by a framework of sticks inside. A blanket or tarp hangs to the left of the door. In the opening a camp fire is visible as are various household items such as a shoe, a pail, clothing, blankets, cooking implements, etc. Several boards lay against the dwelling at right. The dwelling was constructed in a field of brush.
Asset Metadata
Title
Apache Indian "Kan" or brush house, ca.1900
Subject
Apache Indians
(subject),
Apache Indians
(lcsh),
Dwellings
(lcsh),
Indians -- Apache
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
tribal areas
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 16 cm., 13 x 18 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
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-m16202
Identifier
3581 (
accession number
), CHS-3581 (
call number
), CHS-3581 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16142 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16202 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13477 (
legacy record id
), 1-161- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16142
Unique identifier
UC140675
Legacy Identifier
CHS-3581.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
18.8 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
47.9 cm × 36.0 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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