California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Three miners, wearing prospector outfits, standing next to a burro cart loaded with camp supplies, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900-1905

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Three miners, wearing prospector outfits, standing next to a burro cart loaded with camp supplies, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900-1905

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Photograph of three miners, wearing prospector outfits, standing next to a burro cart loaded with camp supplies, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900-1905. The wagon is loaded with mining tools and other equipment. An advertisement glued to the side of the wagon reads, "Red Crown Brand." Behind the wagon is a large tent. At right stands a wooden building (or house?) and an outhouse(?). Other tents, buildings and outhouses are visible in the distance. The ground is dry and sparsely covered with shrubs and rocks. Caption reads: "Ready for the mines. A burro cart loaded with camp supplies leaving for the desert."; "In 1902 gold was discovered in the hills near Tonopah, Nevada. Soon a few tents dotted the barren hills among the Joshua trees, and the boomtown of Goldfield was born. In 1903 only 36 people lived in the new town. By 1908 Goldfield was Nevada's largest city, with over 25,000 inhabitants. Along with the influx of miners and businessmen, came the labor unions. The Western Federation of Miners, the Industrial Workers of the World and the American Federation of Labor all vied for power in the region. During the early years, the unions were able to control wages and working hours. But in November, 1906, the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company was incorporated by owners George Wingfield and United States Senator George Nixon, signaling the beginning of monopoly control in Goldfield, and the start of an adversarial relationship between mine owners and the unions." -- unknown author.

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Title Three miners, wearing prospector outfits, standing next to a burro cart loaded with camp supplies, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900-1905

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Miners (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Esmeralda (counties), Goldfield (city or populated place), Nevada (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900/1905

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1900/1905

Creator 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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17357

Identifier 5411 (accession number), CHS-5411 (call number), CHS-5411 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17354 (legacy record id), chs-m17357 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14113 (legacy record id), 1-111-62 (microfiche number), 1-113-19 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17354

Unique identifier UC142595

Legacy Identifier CHS-5411.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.3 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 33.7 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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