Portrait of Mrs. Arcadia de Baker; previously Mrs. Abel Stearns, Arcadia Bandini, ca.1885

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Photographic portrait of Mrs. Arcadia de Baker; previously Mrs. Abel Stearns, Arcadia Bandini, ca.1885. She can be seen from the waist up turned slightly to the left in an oval cutout. Her long dark hair is parted up the middle and pulled back to her neck. She is wearing a frilly shawl over a frilly dress with a low neckline. Her right hand is pressed to her shawl at her chest, while her left hand lays in her lap.; Mrs. Baker was the widow of Abel Stearns. She was known as the wealthiest woman in southern California. She was one of the three daughters of Juan Bandini. Josefa, Ysabel and Arcadia made the first American flag at San Diego in 1846 (later preserved in the archives in Washington, D.C.).

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Title Portrait of Mrs. Arcadia de Baker; previously Mrs. Abel Stearns, Arcadia Bandini, ca.1885

Subject Baker, Arcadia de (subject), Bandini, Arcadia (subject), Millionaires (lcsh), Portraits -- Baker (file heading), Sterns, Mrs. Abel (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1885

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 13 x 10 cm., 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), 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)

Date Created 1885

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-m13435

Identifier 2918 (accession number), CHS-2918 (call number), CHS-2918 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12935 (legacy record id), chs-m13435 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13589 (legacy record id), 1-70-33 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12935

Unique identifier UC135410

Legacy Identifier CHS-2918.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 42.1 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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