California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The painting "Ambush" by C.M. Russell depicting a murder a horse theft at a river crossing, 1911

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The painting "Ambush" by C.M. Russell depicting a murder a horse theft at a river crossing, 1911

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Photograph of the painting "Ambush" by C.M. Russell depicting a murder a horse theft at a river crossing, 1911. A man on a white horse clutches his chest as though shot, while several black horses run past him. Another man, on a black horse and holding a rifle, calms his horse behind in the background.

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Title The painting "Ambush" by C.M. Russell depicting a murder a horse theft at a river crossing, 1911

Subject Art -- Russell, Charles (file heading), Cowboys (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), Ranches (lcsh), rivers (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1911

Type images

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

Date Created 1911

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (artist), Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

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-m16198

Identifier 6261 (accession number), CHS-6261 (call number), CHS-6261 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16138 (legacy record id), chs-m16198 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), 1-156- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16138

Unique identifier UC140916

Legacy Identifier CHS-6261.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 15.4 in × 19.5 in at 300dpi
39.1 cm × 49.7 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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