George Wharton James takes notes as a Walapai Indian man demonstrates how to make fire, Kingman, Arizona, ca.1902

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Title George Wharton James takes notes as a Walapai Indian man demonstrates how to make fire, Kingman, Arizona, ca.1902

Description Photograph of photographer, George Wharton James, taking notes in a small notebook held in his left hand as a Walapai Indian man crouches at left demonstrating how to build a fire, Kingman, Arizona, ca.1902. James has a long beard and moustache. He sits on a striped blanket at right. He wears a hat, trousers, and a vest over a light shirt with a long tie. His jacket is slung across his left forearm. The fire builder, who has a small bundle strapped to his back, kneels with his fire building utensils in hand. He is wearing a hat, trousers, and vest over a light shirt with a bandana around his neck. Jim Fielding, the Indian policeman, wearing a hat and jacket interprets at James' right. To James' left an old Walapai Indian woman clasps her hands over a pottery water jug in front of her as she sits on the ground watching as well. The wooden wall of a building, with an open window showing the head and shoulders of a white man with a moustache and bow tie, is behind the group.

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1902

Subject Fielding, Jim (subject), Indians -- Walapai (file heading), Indians of North America (lcsh), James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 (naf), Men (lcsh), tribal areas (adlf), Walapai Indians (lcsh), Women (lcsh)

Tags oai:digitallibrary.usc.edu:chs,OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Arizona (states), Kingman (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1902

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)

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-m15862

Identifier 3197 (accession number), CHS-3197 (call number), CHS-3197 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14592 (legacy record id), chs-m15862 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13998 (legacy record id), 1-183- (microfiche number), 1-90-303 (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14592

Unique identifier UC144368

Legacy Identifier CHS-3197.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.5 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
44.6 cm × 34.9 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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