Portrait of Miguel Krazlawski, "Don Palaco," [s.d.]

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Photographic portrait of Miguel Krazlwski, known as "Don Palaco," [s.d.]. A man with a graying beard and large nose stares into the foreground with a haunted look on his face. He wears a hat, striped shirt, and dark vest over his pants, and sits on a chair atop a wooden floor with his crutches leaning against the wall behind it. Behind him, a large window can be seen, and a plant is visible in the foreground at left.; Photoprint reads: "Pioneer Polish Jewish merchant at San Juan Capistrano. Escaped assassination by the bandelero Juan Flores in 1857 by hiding under a bread basket on the porch of his store. He lived to give a complete account of the Flores uprising to Bancroft in early 1880. Only known picture taken est. May 1907".

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Title Portrait of Miguel Krazlawski, "Don Palaco," [s.d.]

Subject Krazlwski, Miguel (subject), Portraits -- K (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), 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-m19220

Identifier 11743 (accession number), CHS-11743 (call number), CHS-11743 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19131 (legacy record id), chs-m19220 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13872 (legacy record id), 1-137-125 (microfiche number), 1-90-328 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19131

Unique identifier UC136534

Legacy Identifier CHS-11743.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.3 in × 20.2 in at 300dpi
41.5 cm × 51.3 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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