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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Man in a cavalry uniform driving a pick into the sand, [s.d.]
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Man in a cavalry uniform driving a pick into the sand, [s.d.]
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Photograph of a man in a cavalry uniform driving a pick into the sand, [s.d.]. At center, a man rests on his knees, and holds a pickaxe loosely in both hands, it's blade sunken into the ground at left. Just in front of him, a metal pan can be seen half-submerged in earth. Scrub vegetation fills the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Man in a cavalry uniform driving a pick into the sand, [s.d.]
Subject
Deserts
(adlf),
Men
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
negatives (photographic)
(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)
Creator
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-m22583
Identifier
49154 (
accession number
), CHS-49154 (
call number
), CHS-49154 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-21685 (
legacy record id
), chs-m22583 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
21685
Unique identifier
UC124635
Legacy Identifier
CHS-49154.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
29.3 in × 22.3 in at 300dpi
74.5 cm × 56.8 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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