2008.67.1

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Piute Squaw, Yo-Semite Valley
c. 1870
3.4375 in HIGH x 6.937 in WIDE
(8.73 cm HIGH x 17.62 cm WIDE)
2008.67.1

"CALIFORNIA" (left border). "No. 1312. Piute Squaw, Yo-Semite Valley." (border, below right image). "John P. Soule, 199 Washington Street, Boston. / Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by John P. Soule, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C." (border, right). "15" written in graphite on verso, BL.
OMCA, Gallery of California Art - a reproduction of this object exhibited in the Landscape Gallery, starting May 1, 2010.





This is an albumen stereograph that has twin images printed on cardboard that show a Piute woman sitting by a washtub in front of a wooden building. The woman has shoulder-length hair and wears a short sleeved button down shirt with a dark patterned skirt.
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