California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Noverto Leon at age 105 years on the Soboba Indian Reservation, ca.1880

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Noverto Leon at age 105 years on the Soboba Indian Reservation, ca.1880

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Photograph of Noverto Leon at age 105 years on the Soboba Indian Reservation, ca.1880. Leon was also known as "Indian Zanjero". He sits on a rock on a rocky incline with a walking stick in his right hand. A scarf is tied about his head. He has a short beard and moustache and hair chopped of just below his ears. His shirt is open in a "V" to the bottom of his chest and his trouser legs are rolled up. He is barefoot. In the background to his right, a small body of water can be seen.; "This is a native of Valley Center. He made many trips in and about the Valley living off of charity. Was a well know character from 1860 to 1880." -- A.M. Davis (Valley Center).

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Title Noverto Leon at age 105 years on the Soboba Indian Reservation, ca.1880

Subject Indians (subject), Indians of North America (lcsh), Leon, Novirto (subject), Mission Indians -- Irrigation & Water (subject), Portrait file (subject), Portraits -- Le (file heading), tribal areas (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Soboba Indian Reservation (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 22 x 16 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), 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 1880

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-m15648

Identifier 2931 (accession number), CHS-2931 (call number), CHS-2931 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-14811 (legacy record id), chs-m15648 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13879 (legacy record id), 1-172- (microfiche number), 1-90-347 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 14811

Unique identifier UC144085

Legacy Identifier CHS-2931.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.7 in × 17.0 in at 300dpi
32.4 cm × 43.1 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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