California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Portrait of Mrs. John C. Fremont (née Jessie Benton), 1875 or 1878

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Portrait of Mrs. John C. Fremont (née Jessie Benton), 1875 or 1878

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Photograph of a portrait of Mrs. John C. Fremont (née Jessie Benton), 1875 or 1878. She can be seen from the thighs up leaning on something covered with cloth with her left elbow. The index finger on her left hand is touching her left ear. Her other left hand fingers are folded touching her lower cheek. Her right hand grasps at the front of a fur coat she is wearing. Her grey hair is parted down the middle and drawn to the back of her head.

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Title Portrait of Mrs. John C. Fremont (née Jessie Benton), 1875 or 1878

Subject Fremont, Jessie Benton (subject), Portraits -- Fremont, John C. and Jessie Benton (file heading), Women (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1875, 1878

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm., 26 x 21 cm., 21 x 17 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1878

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-m13637

Identifier 1977 (accession number), CHS-1977 (call number), CHS-1977 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13134 (legacy record id), chs-m13637 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13792 (legacy record id), 1-22- (microfiche number), 1-90-215 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13134

Unique identifier UC136615

Legacy Identifier CHS-1977.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.3 in × 18.9 in at 300dpi
36.5 cm × 48.2 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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