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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Invitation to the funeral for Henry Mellus, mayor of Los Angeles, 1860
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Invitation to the funeral for Henry Mellus, mayor of Los Angeles, 1860
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Description
Photograph of an invitation to the funeral for Henry Mellus, mayor of Los Angeles, 1860. The letter is written mostly in script and there is a line drawing of a Greek pot in the upper left corner. The text of the letter reads as follows: "The funeral of the Hon. Henry Mellus, Mayor of this city, will take place on Friday the 28th instant. The procession will leave his residence for the Parish Church and cemetery at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Your attendance is solicited. Mrs. M. A. Mellus Francis Mellus James H. Lander Los Angeles, Dec. 27, 1860".
Asset Metadata
Title
Invitation to the funeral for Henry Mellus, mayor of Los Angeles, 1860
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies
(lcsh),
Mayors
(lcsh),
Mellus, Henry
(subject),
Portraits -- Mellus
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1860
Type
images
,
physical objects
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm., 18 x 13 cm.
(aacr2),
manuscripts
(aat),
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)
Date Created
1860
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19332
Identifier
11166 (
accession number
), CHS-11166 (
call number
), CHS-11166 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-19237 (
legacy record id
), chs-m19332 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13902 (
legacy record id
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
19237
Unique identifier
UC136670
Legacy Identifier
CHS-11166.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
13.2 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
33.5 cm × 46.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
Date Created
1860/1960