Kilns in Death Valley built to serve Panamint Mines, Wild Rose Canyon, Emigrant Pass Road, ca.1940

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Photograph of kilns in Death Valley built to serve Panamint Mines, Wild Rose Canyon, Emigrant Pass Road, ca.1940. Six large stone hut-like structures can be seen in a row from the right towards the left background. Arched entryways can be seen in front of each kiln, while a man and woman stand to the left of the right-most one. The man is visible wearing a leather jacket, tie, pants, and hat, while the woman wears a scarf, blouse, and pants. Desert shrubs can be seen in the foreground, while mountains are visible in the background. Photoprint reads: "Said to have been used by Geo. Hearst to provide coke for his Panamint Valley Silver Mines".

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Title Kilns in Death Valley built to serve Panamint Mines, Wild Rose Canyon, Emigrant Pass Road, ca.1940

Subject Deserts (lcsh), Kilns (lcsh), manmade features (adlf), Mountains (lcsh), Natural features -- Parks -- Death Valley (file heading), San Bernardino -- General (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Emigrant Pass Road (roadway), San Bernardino (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1940

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprints, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 12 x 17 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)

Date Created 1940

Creator Larson, Rupert L. (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-m8323

Identifier 11760 (accession number), CHS-11760 (call number), CHS-11760 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8642 (legacy record id), chs-m8323 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-8455 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14249 (legacy record id), 1-81-90 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8642

Unique identifier UC138208

Legacy Identifier CHS-11760.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 27.1 in × 20.1 in at 300dpi
69.0 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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