Portrait of Joaquin Miller standing in front of his home, "The Abbey", in Oakland, ca.1898

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Photographic portrait of Joaquin Miller standing in front of his home, "The Abbey", in Oakland, ca.1898. Known as the "Poet of the Sierras". He can be seen wearing a wide brimmed hat, jacket, trousers, boots, and leather gloves with a fringe. He has a long flowing white beard with moustache. His left elbow is leaning on his left leg which is raised with his foot on a step to the porch. Small trees and bushes grow closely around the house. Miller lived from 1837-1913 and was born Cincinnatus Hiner Miller.

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Title Portrait of Joaquin Miller standing in front of his home, "The Abbey", in Oakland, ca.1898

Subject housing areas (adlf), Miller, Joaquin (subject), Poets (lcsh), Portraits -- Authors (subject), Portraits -- Miller (file heading), Portraits -- Miller, Joaquin (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Oakland (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1898

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 22 x 17 cm., 21 x 16 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 1898

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-m16516

Identifier 3991 (accession number), CHS-3991 (call number), CHS-3991 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-16454 (legacy record id), chs-m16516 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13905 (legacy record id), 1-90-425 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 16454

Unique identifier UC141763

Legacy Identifier CHS-3991.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.7 in × 16.9 in at 300dpi
32.3 cm × 43.1 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

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