Portrait of Colonel Richard B. Mason, [s.d.]

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Photographic portrait of Colonel Richard B. Mason, [s.d.]. A man in ceremonial attire turns a fixed gaze towards the right. He has high cheekbones, thick eyebrows and thin lips, which he keeps in a straight line. The collar of his uniform is stiff, and conceals his neck, while two rows of buttons run down his chest beneath it.; He was the military governor of California from 1848 to 1849. "Son of George Mason of Lexington, Vigrinia. Born 1797. In 1817 he entered the service as a second lieutenant. In November 1846, he was ordered to California to relive General Kearney. He served as Civil and Military commander from May 31, 1849. he appointed Henry W. Halleck as Secretary of State who as a wise lawyer dealt with the troublesome settlement of California land titles. His report to Washington, Aug.17, 1848, which was incorporataed into the President's message to lawyers, started the Gold Rush. During the exciting year of 1849, Colonel Mason was the one man power in the State." -- From Eldredge's "Beginnings of San Francisco" Volume 2, page 688.

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Title Portrait of Colonel Richard B. Mason, [s.d.]

Subject Mason, Colonel Richard B. (subject), Mathews, Newell (subject), Portraits -- Ma (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w ; 18 x 13 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18900

Identifier 11463 (accession number), CHS-11463 (call number), CHS-11463 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18733 (legacy record id), chs-m18900 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13895 (legacy record id), 1-90-404 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18733

Unique identifier UC135988

Legacy Identifier CHS-11463.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.8 in × 19.8 in at 300dpi
35.0 cm × 50.5 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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