Composite photograph of two men seated on a horse with two heads, ca.1900

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Composite photograph of two men seated with their backs to each other on a horse with two front ends and no rear ends with a caption: "We don't know where we're going but we're on our way." Both men are wearing caps. The man on the left is wearing a tie, a jacket, trousers, and shoes. The man on the right is wearing a sweater, trousers, and boots. The shadow cast on the ground shows the man on the left on a one-headed horse. Mountains are visible in the distance.

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Title Composite photograph of two men seated on a horse with two heads, ca.1900

Subject Horses (lcsh), Photographers -- General (file heading), Photography, Humorous (lcsh), Photography, Trick (lcsh), transportation features (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 13 x 18 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1900

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10585

Identifier 3243 (accession number), CHS-3243 (call number), CHS-3243 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13728 (legacy record id), chs-m10585 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-10734 (legacy record id), 1-155- (microfiche number), 1-81-35 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13728

Unique identifier UC143329

Legacy Identifier CHS-3243.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.8 in × 14.2 in at 300dpi
47.8 cm × 36.3 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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