Small outboard before being launched at Needles in the Colorado River, ca.1900

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Title	Small outboard before being launched at Needles in the Colorado River, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of a small outboard boat named Edith before being launched in the Colorado River at Needles ca.1900. The boat is owned by George Wharton James. It sits on a wagon drawn by two horses, backed up to the river shore. One man stands in the boat holding the horses' reins. Another man stands on the ground nearby beside three boys sitting among their possessions in trunks and a duffel bag. Two or three people are visible much further up the shore near another small boat or two. The opposite shore is lined with trees.
Subject	Transportation -- Water -- Small boats and outboards; General Subjects -- Transportation -- Water
Subject (adlf)	rivers
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Water -- Small outboard boats
Subject (lcsh)	Boats and boating Rivers
Subject (naf)	James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Needles
Geographic subject (county)	San Bernardino
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	3 photographs : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	3436
Call number	CHS-3436
Microfiche number	1-61-
Legacy record ID	chs-m12714; USC-1-1-1-12867
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-3436
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Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-3436.tiff

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