Tent pitching drill, Fort Pitcking, Vancouver, Washington, [s.d.]

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Photograph of men fort pitching, and learning a tent pitching drill, at Vancouver, Washington, [s.d.]. Two men in uniforms with swords stand at left, facing the right in a stiff position. Across then, other men appear in a variety of positions, scrambling to put their tents up as officers stand watching. An American flag stands on a pole in the middle of the field, while trees appear at left.

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Title Tent pitching drill, Fort Pitcking, Vancouver, Washington, [s.d.]

Subject Military (lcsh), military areas (adlf), Washington (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries), Vancouver (city or populated place), Washington (states)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), 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-m22023

Identifier 47468 (accession number), CHS-47468 (call number), CHS-47468 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-21120 (legacy record id), chs-m22023 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14071 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 21120

Unique identifier UC134509

Legacy Identifier CHS-47468.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 21.8 in × 16.3 in at 300dpi
55.4 cm × 41.5 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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