Portrait of Alexander Mellus (brother to Henry Mellus) and his wife, [s.d.]

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Photographic portrait of Alexander Mellus (brother to Henry Mellus) and his wife, [s.d.]. Alexander is at left and is shown from his shins to his head. He is wearing a dark suit, dark vest, dark tie, and white shirt. He has short dark hair and his face is encircled by a dark beard. His wife is at right and has her hands in her lap. She is wearing dark striped dress with a lace collar. Her dark hair is tied behind her head, revealing a set of earrings.

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Title Portrait of Alexander Mellus (brother to Henry Mellus) and his wife, [s.d.]

Subject Mellus, Adalade Johnson (subject), Mellus, Alexander (subject), Mellus, Francis (subject), Men (lcsh), Portraits -- Mellus (file heading), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 18 x 13 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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)

Contributor Mellus, Mrs. Bellestro (donor)

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-m13747

Identifier 11468 (accession number), CHS-11468 (call number), CHS-11468 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13240 (legacy record id), chs-m13747 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13902 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13240

Unique identifier UC136432

Legacy Identifier CHS-11468.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.4 in × 18.2 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 46.2 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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