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Photograph of a Paiute/Shoshone family, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1890s-1910s
Date
1890 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
A Paiute/Shoshone couple with two children and a dog, Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of a Paiute/Shoshone family, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
A Paiute/Shoshone family, man, child, woman. Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of a group of people seated on a hillside, possibly Pahrump, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Seven people (six women, one man) seated drinking from tin cups. A large basket with nuts is visible in the foreground. The Anglo woman (second from left) is possibly Della Fisk.
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Photograph of a Paiute or Shoshone woman seated in front of a Karnee dwelling, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
A Paiute or Shoshone woman seated in front of a Karnee dwelling, Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of a group of Paiute/Shoshone with a dog, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Two Paiute/Shoshone women, a man, and a dog inside a brush fence, in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of Chief Tecopa with others, Ash Meadows or Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Left to Right: Chief Tecopa (in the foreground, facing away from the camera), an unidentified man (center), and an unidentified woman carrying an olla. Another man is visible in background. The photograph was taken at either Ash Meadows or Pahrump Valley, Nevada. An olla is a ceramic jar, often unglazed, used for cooking stews or soups, for the storage of water or dry foods, or for other purposes. Ollas have a short wide neck and a wider belly, resembling beanpots or handis. Chief Tecopa, leader of the Souther Paiute tribe, was born in Pahrump in 1815 and died in Pahnrump between 1904-1906. He is interred in the Chief Tecopa Cemetery, located on East Street next to the library Pahrump, Nevada.
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Photograph of an Indian woman displaying the contents of a shallow cooking pan, Manse Ranch, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
An Indian woman displaying the contents of a shallow cooking pan. at Manse Ranch, Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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Photograph of Della White Fisk with two Indian women and a small child, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Della White Fisk is seated (at right) with two Indian women, one holding a child drinking from a glass bottle in Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada. A chair and other household items are visible behind the women.
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Photograph of two Indian women and a child with an unidentified man, Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
Two Indian women, one holding a child. The man on the right is possibly O. .J. Fisk, according to note that is attached to the photograph. The photograph was taken in either Pahrump Valley or Ash Meadows, Nevada.
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Photograph of two Indian women and a young boy, Pahrump Valley, Nevada, circa 1880s-1910s
Date
1880 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
A young male Indian child with two women holding patterned woven baskets. The photograph was taken in Pahrump Valley, Nevada.
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