California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

A mock holdup of a stage coach, ca.1880

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A mock holdup of a stage coach, ca.1880

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Photograph of a mock holdup of a stage coach, ca.1880, on the prairie. One man holds the reins of the horses. Another man aims his rifle at the group. Another man holds his hand gun on the group. Seven people standing beside the coach have their hands up. Two or three more people are in the coach itself. While the driver is on top.

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Title A mock holdup of a stage coach, ca.1880

Subject Coaching (lcsh), Crime (lcsh), Criminals (lcsh), General Subjects -- Transportation -- Draft (file heading), Horses (lcsh), Robbery (lcsh), Transportation -- Draft -- Stage coaches (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 20 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1880

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11814

Identifier 276 (accession number), CHS-276 (call number), CHS-276 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11225 (legacy record id), chs-m11814 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-11966 (legacy record id), 1-156 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11225

Unique identifier UC128761

Legacy Identifier CHS-276.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.5 in × 11.3 in at 300dpi
44.5 cm × 28.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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