Portrait of Adelaida Johnson Mellus, wife of Francis Mellus, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a portrait of Adelaida Johnson Mellus, wife of Francis Mellus, [s.d.]. Mrs. Mellus is shown here in bust wearing a lacy short-sleeved calico dress that exposes her shoulders. She is facing straight ahead and appears slightly cross-eyed. Her hair, which she wears up, is dark. A pearl necklace hangs around her throat. She appears to be no older than her mid twenties in the portrait. She later became the wife of David Alexander. The portrait is encircled by an oval frame.

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Title Portrait of Adelaida Johnson Mellus, wife of Francis Mellus, [s.d.]

Subject Alexander, David (subject), Mellus, Adelaida Johnson (subject), Mellus, Francis (subject), Portrait painting, American (subject), Portraits -- J (file heading), Portraits -- Mellus (file heading), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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)

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-m18113

Identifier 7999 (accession number), CHS-7999 (call number), CHS-7999 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-15775 (legacy record id), chs-m18113 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13869 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13902 (legacy record id), 1-90-407 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 15775

Unique identifier UC113563

Legacy Identifier CHS-7999.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.5 in × 19.4 in at 300dpi
39.5 cm × 49.3 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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