Portrait of J.W. Vernon and Chas. Chanser sifting for gold on a river bank, Plymouth, ca.1932

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Photographic portrait of J.W. Vernon and Chas. Chanser sifting for gold on a river bank, Plymouth, ca.1932. Two men are pictured ladling river water into a sieve at center: the leftmost man is pictured in a porkpie hat and sweater, identified as Vernon. To the right, a stout man kneels in overalls and a brimmed cap, tending to the sieve, identified as Chanser. A dog can be seen on the bank behind them. Picture file card reads: "Some of the streams of the gold country are being run through the 'rockers' again".

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Title Portrait of J.W. Vernon and Chas. Chanser sifting for gold on a river bank, Plymouth, ca.1932

Subject Chanser, Chas. (subject), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Amador County -- Plymouth (file heading), rivers (adlf), Vernon, J.W. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Amador (counties), California (states), Plymouth (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1932

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1932

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13966

Identifier 20372 (accession number), CHS-20372 (call number), CHS-20372 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13435 (legacy record id), chs-m13966 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14123 (legacy record id), 1-112- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13435

Unique identifier UC137509

Legacy Identifier CHS-20372.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
50.0 cm × 40.5 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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