Portrait of Cheyenne Chief Two Moon at the Custard Hill cemetery during the 25th anniversary of the Massacre at Little Big Horn, 1901

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Photographic portrait of Cheyenne Chief Two Moon at the Custard Hill cemetery during the 25th anniversary of the Massacre at Little Big Horn, 1901. Chief Two Moon can be seen from behind in slacks and a button-down shirt with his right arm outstretched in front of him. Tombstones are visible planted in the ground behind him, while a larger, more uniform grave site is visible in the right distance. He holds his hat by his side with his left hand.

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Title Portrait of Cheyenne Chief Two Moon at the Custard Hill cemetery during the 25th anniversary of the Massacre at Little Big Horn, 1901

Subject battlefields (lcsh), Cemeteries (lcsh), Cemeteries (adlf), Cheyenne Indians (lcsh), Custer, George A. (subject), Indians -- General (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Photographers (lcsh), Photographers -- Huffman, L.A. (file heading), Two Moon, Chief (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place South Dakota (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1901

Type images

Format 3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 Huffman, L.A. (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-m6088

Identifier 7913 (accession number), CHS-7913 (call number), CHS-7913 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-6186 (legacy record id), chs-m6088 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10933 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13437 (legacy record id), 1-187- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 6186

Unique identifier UC128387

Legacy Identifier CHS-7913.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.7 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

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

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