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Drawing by Vischer of camels in the Calaveras mammoth tree grove, California, 1868
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Drawing by Vischer of camels in the Calaveras mammoth tree grove, California, 1868
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Description
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a drove of camels in the Calaveras mammoth tree grove, California, September 1868. Caption: "The Calaveras mammoth tree grove, Big Tree Hotel, and surrounding grounds, Sept. 1868." The Big Tree Hotel, at left, was enroute to the mines. Two steers rest in a clearing in the thick forest at right. A round fenced area in front of the hotel contains a fountain and grazing elk or moose. Several riders on horse-back and horse-drawn wagons are visible in the area.
Asset Metadata
Title
Drawing by Vischer of camels in the Calaveras mammoth tree grove, California, 1868
Subject
Art -- Vischer, Edward
(file heading),
Big Tree Hotel
(subject),
Camels
(lcsh),
forests
(adlf),
Hotels, taverns, etc.
(lcsh),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mountains
(lcsh),
Redwood Trees
(subject),
Trees
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1868-09
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
art
(aat),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat),
transparencies
(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
1868-09
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(artist),
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13110
Identifier
9561; 4909 (
accession number
), CHS-4909 (
call number
), CHS-9561 (
call number
), CHS-4909 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12631 (
legacy record id
), chs-m13110 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13262 (
legacy record id
), 1-189- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12631
Unique identifier
UC134979
Legacy Identifier
CHS-4909.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.5 in × 12.8 in at 300dpi
42.0 cm × 32.6 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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