Bertha Felix Campigli (1882–1949; [1] née Bertha May Felix) was an American/ Coast Miwok photographer from California. [2]
Bertha Felix was born in Lairds Landing, a cove of Tomales Bay, to Joseph and Paulina Felix. [1] [3] Joseph's parents were Euphrasia Felix, a Coast Miwok woman from San Francisco, and Domingo Felix, a Filipino immigrant; they and Joseph moved to Tomales Bay in 1860. [1] Bertha Felix and her siblings attended Pierce Ranch, about three miles away form home, for their schooling. [4]
Campigli's fourth husband was Arnold Campigli, a hunter and farmhand of Swiss-Italian descent whose parents disapproved of his marriage to an indigenous woman. [1] [4] She had eight children, the last of whom, Elizabeth, was born in 1925. [1]
Campigli worked as a cook at several ranches around Tomales Bay. [4] She died of tuberculosis in 1949. [4]
Campligli's photographs have been shown at the Burke Museum in Seattle, [5] and were included in the book Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers in 2011. [6]
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Bertha Felix Campigli (1882–1949; [1] née Bertha May Felix) was an American/ Coast Miwok photographer from California. [2]
Bertha Felix was born in Lairds Landing, a cove of Tomales Bay, to Joseph and Paulina Felix. [1] [3] Joseph's parents were Euphrasia Felix, a Coast Miwok woman from San Francisco, and Domingo Felix, a Filipino immigrant; they and Joseph moved to Tomales Bay in 1860. [1] Bertha Felix and her siblings attended Pierce Ranch, about three miles away form home, for their schooling. [4]
Campigli's fourth husband was Arnold Campigli, a hunter and farmhand of Swiss-Italian descent whose parents disapproved of his marriage to an indigenous woman. [1] [4] She had eight children, the last of whom, Elizabeth, was born in 1925. [1]
Campigli worked as a cook at several ranches around Tomales Bay. [4] She died of tuberculosis in 1949. [4]
Campligli's photographs have been shown at the Burke Museum in Seattle, [5] and were included in the book Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers in 2011. [6]
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