Portrait of Captain Big Water of the Walapai Indians, ca.1902

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Photographic portrait of Captain Big Water of the Walapai Indians, ca.1902. He can be seen from the waist up in profile facing left. A boldly striped blanket covers his shoulders and arms crossed in front of him. He wears a scarf about his head. A wall is visible behind him.; The Walapai (or Wallapai) are related to the Apache but refused to follow them in their raids. They rendered valuable assistance to U.S. Troops in the wars with the Apache.

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Title Portrait of Captain Big Water of the Walapai Indians, ca.1902

Subject Indians -- Walapai (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), Indians of North America -- Portraits (lcsh), tribal areas (adlf), Walapai Indians (subject), Walapai Indians (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Coachella (city or populated place), Riverside (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1902

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 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 1902

Creator James, George Wharton (photographer), 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-m15858

Identifier 3194 (accession number), CHS-3194 (call number), CHS-3194 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14580 (legacy record id), chs-m15858 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13998 (legacy record id), 1-183- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14580

Unique identifier UC144350

Legacy Identifier CHS-3194.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.7 in × 17.9 in at 300dpi
35.0 cm × 45.5 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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