Portrait of G. H. Meek, brother of Stephen H. Meek, a hunter and trapper of 1833, [s.d.]

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Photographic portrait of G. H. Meek, brother of Stephen H. Meek, a hunter and trapper of 1833, [s.d.]. Meek is seated in a wooden chair at right and is turned to the left. His legs are crossed and both of his hands rest in his lap. He is wearing dark pants, a long-sleeved shirt, white socks, leather shoes, and a dark, broad-brimmed hat. He has a long gray beard. A book is hung from the back of the chair. At left is a cast iron pot hung from a wooden pole, and a tea kettle is on the ground nearby. Bushes and trees can be seen in the background.

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Title Portrait of G. H. Meek, brother of Stephen H. Meek, a hunter and trapper of 1833, [s.d.]

Subject forests (adlf), Meek, G.H. (subject), Men (lcsh), Portraits -- Me (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 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)

Creator Britt, P. (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-m18891

Identifier 11261 (accession number), CHS-11261 (call number), CHS-11261 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18724 (legacy record id), chs-m18891 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13901 (legacy record id), 1-90-406 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18724

Unique identifier UC136016

Legacy Identifier CHS-11261.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.5 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
47.0 cm × 33.8 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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