California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Portrait of Kit Carson taken a few months before his death, 1867

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Portrait of Kit Carson taken a few months before his death, 1867

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Photographic portrait of Kit Carson taken a few months before his death, 1867. Mr. Carson is pictured from the knees up sitting in a chair, with his wavy hair combed to the right. He wears a dark jacket, as well as a vest, which is unbuttoned at the center. His face, although gaunt, appears full and healthy. He wears a moustache and his eyes are focused and piercing. His eyebrows are almost imperceptible. He was Fremont's scout in California campaigns.

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Title Portrait of Kit Carson taken a few months before his death, 1867

Subject Carson, Kit (subject), Portraits -- Carson, Kit (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1867

Type images

Format 1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.; 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), microfilms (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 1867

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-m13503

Identifier 7121 (accession number), CHS-7121 (call number), CHS-7121 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13003 (legacy record id), chs-m13503 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13658 (legacy record id), 1-70-101 (microfiche number), K (microfilm reel number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13003

Unique identifier UC135965

Legacy Identifier CHS-7121.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.7 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
40.0 cm × 50.3 cm at 300dpi

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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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