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Title	Small outboards landing to make camp on the shore of the Colorado River, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of George Wharton James' party making camp after landing two small outboard boats on the bank of the Colorado River, ca.1900. One man stands in one of the boats looking out over the river. Another man walks inland on shore just beyond a severely leaning tree. Another man is bent over a campfire[?] in a copse of trees a little bit further inland. The unloaded camping gear sits on the ground nearby. Dead tree branches litter the shore in the foreground.
Subject	Colorado River & Salton Sea; Camping
Subject (adlf)	rivers
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Water -- Small outboard boats; Transportation -- Water -- Small boats and outboards
Subject (lcsh)	Boats and boating Rivers
Subject (naf)	James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Geographic subject	rivers: Colorado River
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, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	3440
Call number	CHS-3440
Microfiche number	1-61-
Legacy record ID	chs-m12711; USC-1-1-1-12864
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-3440
Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-3440.tiff

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