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San Luis Rey Mission. Three old Indian women seated beside arches

Description: Three Native American women seated amongst plants.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1894
Call number: photPF 327
Provenance: Acquired from various sources, 1936-1943.
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Old Indian Women of San Fernando Mission

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A view of two old Indian women seated on a bench in front of a adobe brick house.

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Ancient Belles of San Luis Rey ; Women who helped build the Mission

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Three Indian women sitting outside of the San Luis Rey Mission courtyard.

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[Portrait of Indian woman seated in a canoe]

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Image of an older Native American woman seated alone in a canoe on a lake and holding a paddle.

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San Luis Rey

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This photograph album is made up of early 20th century photographs of eight California missions, in both ruined and repaired states. The missions that are depicted in the album are San Luis Rey, Santa Ines, San Fernando Rey, San Miguel, San Francisco Dolores, San Luis Obispo, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, and San Carlos Borromeo. Other photographs also show San Antonio de Pala Asistencia, the Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels (also known as Plaza Church), and the Royal Presidio Chapel. Two photographs depict people alongside the missions: photograph (8) shows people going into the Mission San Francisco de Asís and photograph (15) shows two Native American children at Mission San Fernando Rey. One photograph of particular interest is that of a group of Native American school children with three Catholic nuns, who presumably may be their teachers. They are standing in front of an unidentified church building. Some of the photographs are faded or are peeling off the album pages and are bent. Charles Ironmonger is the only photographer that has been identified as a contributor to this album; all other photographers have not been identified.

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San Luis Rey

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[Car and unidentified man in front of San Luis Rey mission.]

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This collection contains approximately 10,000 photographs, negatives and ephemera created or compiled by Grace Nicholson (1877-1948), a collector and dealer of Native American and Asian arts and crafts in Pasadena, California. The bulk of the collection dates from 1903 to the 1920s and includes photograph albums and individual photographs with views of Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, California, and the Southwest of North America; pictures documenting Nicholson's basket collecting trips primarily between 1902 and 1912; images of Nicholson's stores and residences in Pasadena, including the building of the "Grace Nicholson Treasure House of Oriental Art" in the mid-1920s; and personal photographs of Nicholson, her family, friends, and associates. Nicholson's personal snapshots and photograph albums provide a valuable resource for studying Native American communities, particularly in Northern California, in the early 20th century. Many of the photographs depict daily life and include images of homes, community events, dances and rituals, families and children, and portraits. Most of these photographs were taken by Grace Nicholson or her assistant, Mr. Carroll S. Hartman, and are often accompanied by Nicholson's handwritten identifications.

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San Luis Rey Mission. Three old Indian women seated beside arches

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