Grave marker of two old prospectors, Shorty Harris and Jim Dalton, who were 20-mule team drivers, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950

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Title	Grave marker of two old prospectors, Shorty Harris and Jim Dalton, who were 20-mule team drivers, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950
Description	Photograph of the graves of two old prospectors, Shorty Harris and Jim Dalton, who were 20-mule team drivers, Death Valley, ca.1900-1950. A pile of stones with a plaque on the front of it is visible at center, while two low piles of stones extend on the ground in front of the pile. A rock at left is etched with "Dalton", while a rock at right has "Harris" etched into it. Branches from a desert bush can be seen behind the grave, while dirt is visible on the flat land in the foreground. Mountains can be seen in the background. Photoprint reads: "White line in distance are salt beds".
Subject (adlf)	deserts
Subject (file heading)	Natural features -- Parks -- Death Valley
Subject (lcsh)	Parks Deserts
Geographic subject	deserts: Death Valley
Geographic subject (county)	Inyo
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900/1950
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900/1950
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	photographic prints photographs
Accession number	8259
Call number	CHS-8259
Legacy record ID	chs-m20888; USC-1-1-1-14249
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-8259
Archival file	chs_Volume144/CHS-8259.tiff

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