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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Portrait of Major John Wesley Powell, [s.d.]
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Portrait of Major John Wesley Powell, [s.d.]
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Description
Photograph of a portrait of Major John Wesley Powell, [s.d.]. He can be seen from the chest up facing straight ahead with his shoulders turned slightly to his right. He has a full long scraggly beard and moustache. His hair, combed back, sticks up on top of his head. He is wearing a three-piece suit. Powell, in 1860, was the first man to successfully explore the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.
Asset Metadata
Title
Portrait of Major John Wesley Powell, [s.d.]
Subject
Explorers
(lcsh),
Men
(lcsh),
Powell
(subject),
Powell, Major John Wesley
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 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)
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-m16473
Identifier
3936 (
accession number
), CHS-3936 (
call number
), CHS-3936 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-16411 (
legacy record id
), chs-m16473 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13941 (
legacy record id
), 1-91- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
16411
Unique identifier
UC141751
Legacy Identifier
CHS-3936.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
12.8 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
32.5 cm × 42.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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