Portrait of Stephen Clark Foster, ca.1860-1870

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Photograph of a portrait of Stephen Clark Foster, ca.1860-1870. He can be seen from the waist up facing to the left. He has a full beard and head of hair, and can be seen seated with both hands on his lap. He is wearing a coat.; Foster, born in East Machiest, Maine, 17 December 1820, came to California as interpreter for Mormon Battalion in 1847. He was for many years one of the most prominent citizens of Los Angeles holding many offices including Mayor (he was the first mayor of Los Angeles after California became a state) and Superintendent of Schools. He died in Los Angeles, 28 December 1898.

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Title Portrait of Stephen Clark Foster, ca.1860-1870

Subject Foster, Stephen Clark (subject), Mayors -- California (lcsh), Portraits -- F (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1860/1870

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm., 26 x 21 cm., 21 x 18 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 1860/1870

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-m13614

Identifier 938 (accession number), CHS-938 (call number), CHS-938 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13111 (legacy record id), chs-m13614 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13769 (legacy record id), 1-90-211 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13111

Unique identifier UC137542

Legacy Identifier CHS-938.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.0 in × 17.6 in at 300dpi
35.6 cm × 44.9 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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