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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable ferry, 1903
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Two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable ferry, 1903
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Description
Photograph of two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable ferry, 1903. A platform suspended from the cable is occupied by 6 people (Dr. George Wharton James and party) pulling themselves across.
Asset Metadata
Title
Two covered wagons fording the little Colorado River beside a cable ferry, 1903
Subject
Horses
(lcsh),
Indians -- Navajo
(file heading),
Indians of North America
(lcsh),
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
(naf),
Navajo Indians
(lcsh),
Portraits -- James, Dr. George Wharton
(file heading),
rivers
(adlf),
Wagons
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
rivers: Colorado River
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1903
Type
images
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 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
1903
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-m14777
Identifier
1004 (
accession number
), CHS-1004 (
call number
), CHS-1004 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-15411 (
legacy record id
), chs-m14777 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13946 (
legacy record id
), 1-61- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
15411
Unique identifier
UC142851
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1004.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
17.1 in × 13.2 in at 300dpi
43.6 cm × 33.5 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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