History Hub
Welcome to the History Hub at the San Diego History Center!
We’ve created the History Hub to keep you up to date on the San Diego History Center and our locations in historic Balboa Park and the Junipero Serra Museum in Presidio Park.
This is the place to find the latest information on our exhibitions, public and educational programming and interactive events.
This is the place where you can find our news releases, TV appearances, newspaper and magazine stories. When we make the News, you’ll find it here!
Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of Maria Antonio (or Maria Antonia) weaving a basket with a repeating triangle design. She holds some fiber in her mouth. There is a metal pail next to her containing fibers and a basket on her left. She sits against some rocks, in front of a structure made of brush or reeds. According to Davis Negative Log Book, she may be weaving baskets for Monos or possibly Fiesta de los Monos.
Inscription in lower right corner of image: 29
Notes on verso of print:
#OP 12550-82/ MN 86:15752-82/ 9883/ OP 125752-40
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Three b/w photographic prints of an elderly woman, Cecelia La Chapa, with hair cut short. She sits on the ground in front of a structure made of branches. She holds a walking stick and wears a kerchief tied around her head, dress, and jacket draped over her shoulders.
Inscription in lower left corner of Image 1: 30
Notes on verso of print:
Image 1: #OP 12550-83/ MN 86:15752-83/ CECELIA LA CHAPA/ MESA GRANDE/ 1904/ 30
Image 2: [Same as Image 1] (DUPLICATE)/ IN REF BOOK/ Platinum prints.
Image 3: [Same as Image 2]
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print of an unidentified man wearing a feather skirt and scarf tied around his head. His cheeks and body are painted with white paint. He holds two sticks in his hands and stands next to a tent and a structure made of branches. His clothing and decorative face and body paint are those of a Tatahuila dancer. A boy stands behind him, looking on.
Inscription in lower right corner of image: 30
Notes on verso of print:
#OP 12550-84/ MN 86:15752-84/ 30
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of ‘Lorencia’s baby’ crying, wrapped in a blanket and strapped to a cradleboard which is propped up against a brick wall.
Inscription in lower right corner of Image 2: 31
Same image as the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) negative, N25487. According to catalog record for this image, baby is Lorencia Nejo’s child.
Notes on verso of print:
Image 1: #OP 12550-85/ MN 86:15752-85/ LORENCIA’S BABY/ 1904/ 3/ IN REF BOOK
Image 2: [ Same as Image 1]/ (DUPLICATE)
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Nov 20, 2012
(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of ‘Lorencia’s baby’ facing the camera and wrapped in a blanket and strapped to a cradleboard which is propped up against a brick wall.
Inscription in lower right corner of Image 2: 31
Same image as the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) negative, N25488. According to catalog record for this image, baby is Lorencia Nejo’s child.
Notes on verso of print:
Image 1: #OP 12550-86/ MN 86:15752-86/ LORENCIA’S BABY/ 1904/ 3/ IN REF BOOK
Image 2: [ Same as Image 1]
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