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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Blurred view of two men at a salt mine sitting on a cable that appears to be in motion, ca.1910
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Blurred view of two men at a salt mine sitting on a cable that appears to be in motion, ca.1910
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Description
Photograph of a blurred view of two men at a salt mine sitting on a cable that appears to be in motion, ca.1910. Two men sit facing each other on a cable car with legs intertwined inside of the car. Both men wear hats while the man facing the camera appears to hold something in his hand. Four wires run across the picture over the men's heads. A mountain is visible in the background.
Asset Metadata
Title
Blurred view of two men at a salt mine sitting on a cable that appears to be in motion, ca.1910
Subject
Borax mines and mining
(lcsh),
Industry -- Borax (salt)
(file heading),
mine sites
(adlf),
Salt industry and trade
(lcsh),
Salt lakes
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1910
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1910
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-m11146
Identifier
6849 (
accession number
), CHS-6849 (
call number
), CHS-6849 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-10571 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11146 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-11296 (
legacy record id
), 1-104-23 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
10571
Unique identifier
UC140350
Legacy Identifier
CHS-6849.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.6 in × 21.4 in at 300dpi
42.1 cm × 54.3 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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