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A.F. Harmer's painting "Giving Him a Lift" showing two vacqueros aiding a covered wagon, ca.1906

Description

Photograph of A.F. Harmer's painting "Giving Him a Lift" showing two vacqueros aiding a covered wagon, ca.1906. Two men on horseback are shown to the right of center, and have hitched themselves to the covered wagon to the left, pulling it up the slope. Behind them, the women and children of a family can be seen in the wagon while an older man stands to its side. A mountain ridge is visible in the background.

Title:

A.F. Harmer's painting "Giving Him a Lift" showing two vacqueros aiding a covered wagon, ca.1906

Record ID:

chs-m10054

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1906

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Mexican Americans , Coaching , Cowboys , Harmer, A. F. , [file heading] Californios -- Illustrations , mountains

Coverage:

[circa] 1906

Place:

[cities] Los Angeles
[counties] Los Angeles
[states/provinces] California
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
photographs
art

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.

Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m10054

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-10194
[accession no] 8541
[call no] CHS-8541