Drawn portrait of Jose Castro, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a drawn portrait of Jose Castro, [s.d.]. Castro is pictured from his torso to his head and is turned to the right. He is wearing a double-breasted military jacket with shoulder bars and a collar decorated with braids of rope. He has dark hair combed back on his head and long sideburns that connect with his mustache. Photoprint reads: "was Commandante General at the time of American Conquest".; "He was born in Monterey in 1808 and died in Lower California in 1860. He was a member and president of the Diputacaion, acting governor of California, commandant-general and was in command at the time of the American conquest. He also held the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Mexican army. His wife was Modesta, daughter of Jose Antonio Castro. Jose Castro was also, in the late 1850's, governor of Baja (Lower) California and Brigadier General in the Mexican Army. He never gave up his Mexican citizenship or army rank. In February, 1860, Governor Castro was assassinated by the bandit Marguez. Alfonso Yorba has a document written, signed, and sealed by Castro a few weeks before his death--the last known official act of the prominent California general and Governor". -- A.Y.

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Title Drawn portrait of Jose Castro, [s.d.]

Subject Castro, Jose (subject), Men (lcsh), Portraits -- Ca (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 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-m13499

Identifier 11439 (accession number), CHS-11439 (call number), CHS-11439 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12999 (legacy record id), chs-m13499 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13654 (legacy record id), 1-70-105 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12999

Unique identifier UC134943

Legacy Identifier CHS-11439.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 17.2 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 43.8 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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