Portrait of Rufus H. Herron, oil operator, [s.d.]

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Photographic portrait of Rufus H. Herron, oil operator, [s.d.]. Mr. Herron can be seen from his shoulders to his head looking to the left. He is visible wearing a checked jacket, light shirt, and dark bowtie. He has a thick mustache and short dark hair that is parted at right. He is wearing a pair of pince nez glasses on his nose. He was born in Pittsburgh in 1849 and arrived in Los Angeles in 1894. He is a cousin of Lyman Stewart, President of Union Oil Company.

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Title Portrait of Rufus H. Herron, oil operator, [s.d.]

Subject Herron, Rufus H. (personal name), Men (lcsh), Portraits -- He (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 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-m13698

Identifier 11310 (accession number), CHS-11310 (call number), CHS-11310 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13191 (legacy record id), chs-m13698 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13853 (legacy record id), 1-90-269 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13191

Unique identifier UC136391

Legacy Identifier CHS-11310.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.7 in × 19.4 in at 300dpi
40.0 cm × 49.5 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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