Portrait of Captain Luis Torres, husband of Juana Torres and head of the Coahuilla Indian tribe at Torres

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Photograph of Captain Luis Torres, husband of Juana Torres and head of the Coahuilla Indian tribe at Torres, east of Palm Springs. From the thighs up. He is sitting in a chair with a wooden back with his hands on his lap. He is wearing a light long sleeved striped shirt and dark striped trousers. His clothing is somewhat soiled. He has short dark hair and a moustache. His complexion is dark. He is turned slightly to his left. Behind him is the mud or adobe wall of a building with a thatched roof.

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Title Portrait of Captain Luis Torres, husband of Juana Torres and head of the Coahuilla Indian tribe at Torres

Subject Indians (subject), Palm Springs -- Coahuilla, Mission Indians (subject), Portraits -- Torres (subject), Torres, Juana (subject), Torres, Luis (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Palm Springs (city or populated place), Torres (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903

Type images

Format 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), photographs (aat), portraits (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 1903

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-m15392

Identifier 2297 (accession number), CHS-2297 (call number), CHS-2297 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14692 (legacy record id), chs-m15392 (legacy record id), 1-172- (microfiche number), 1-45- (microfiche number)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14692

Unique identifier UC143740

Legacy Identifier CHS-2297.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.3 in × 16.6 in at 300dpi
33.8 cm × 42.2 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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