Image: Ramona kneeling at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905 (CHS-3873)

Description: Ramona kneeling at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905 Photograph of Ramona kneeling in sorrow at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905. Her forehead rests in her hands as she grieves. A wooden cross marks the grave. Other wooden cross grave markers are visible throughout the cemetery. Some of the grave sites are enclosed in small rectangular picket fences. Ramona was made famous in the novel of the same name by Helen Hunt Jackson.Call number: CHS-3873 Legacy record ID: chs-m16426 Photographer: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 Filename: CHS-3873 Coverage date: circa 1905 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Format: glass plate negatives Microfiche number: 1-188- Archival file: chs_Volume95/CHS-3873.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Geographic subject (country): USA Subject (naf): Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885 Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): cemeteries Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1905 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographs Geographic subject (state): California Accession number: 3873 Geographic subject: tribal areas: Coahuilla Indian Reservation Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Geographic subject (county): Riverside Format (aacr2): 1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm. Subject (lcsh): Tombs; Indians of North America -- Reservations Subject: Ramona
Title: Ramona kneeling at the grave of Alesandro in the cemetery on the Coahuilla Indian Reservation, ca.1905 (CHS-3873)
Credit: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/16365
Author: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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