California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Drawing by Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865

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Drawing by Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865

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Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865. Caption: "24. Deschent to Carson Valley. Bactrian camels brought over teh Sierra Nevada [mountains]. Encampment in sight of the desert." A small group of camels, horses and men rest near a small tent erected beside a pile of barrels and other supplies. Two covered wagons traverse the desert in the distance. Similar to CHS-4920.

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Title Drawing by Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865

Subject Art -- Vischer, Edward (subject), Camels (lcsh), Camping (lcsh), camps (adlf), Nevada -- General (file heading), Tents (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Lyon (counties), Nevada (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1860/1865

Type images

Format 2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat), transparencies (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 1860/1865

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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17232

Identifier 9572 (accession number), CHS-9572 (call number), CHS-9572 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17238 (legacy record id), chs-m17232 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14044 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17238

Unique identifier UC142277

Legacy Identifier CHS-9572.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.1 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
51.1 cm × 40.9 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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