Portrait of Newell Matthews, Pasadena, ca.1879

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Photographic portrait of Newell Matthews (Mathews?), ca.1879. Mr. Matthews is pictured in bust. The top of his head is bald, and a long, grisly beard and mustache grow from his chin and jowls. He wears a three-piece suit, his watch chain visibly affixed to the second button in his vest. His eyes are large and expressive, and seem gentle. He appears to be in his early to mid-fifties. Picture file card reads: "Matthews came to Pasadena in 1877 and taught in the public schools until 1879".

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Title Portrait of Newell Matthews, Pasadena, ca.1879

Subject Matthews, Newell (subject), Men (lcsh), Portraits -- Ma (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Los Angeles (counties), Pasadena (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1879

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 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 1879

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-m13740

Identifier 8945 (accession number), CHS-8945 (call number), CHS-8945 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13233 (legacy record id), chs-m13740 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13895 (legacy record id), 1-37-235 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13233

Unique identifier UC137480

Legacy Identifier CHS-8945.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.1 in × 20.1 in at 300dpi
41.1 cm × 51.2 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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