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California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Logging ox team on skid road, California, ca.1900
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Logging ox team on skid road, California, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of logging ox team on skidroad. Five lumberjacks watch over 4 pairs of oxen dragging a large log through the forest. Pioneering lumber operation used in the early days of logging. Multiple teams of oxen were used to snake logs out of the hills. Later logging railroads and steam-driven tractors were used.
Asset Metadata
Title
Logging ox team on skid road, California, ca.1900
Subject
Forests and forestry
(lcsh),
Industry -- Lumbering
(file heading),
Lumber
(lcsh),
Wood products
(lcsh),
woods
(adlf)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, 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
1900
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-m12167
Identifier
826 (
accession number
), CHS-826 (
call number
), CHS-826 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11657 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12167 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12320 (
legacy record id
), 1-108-5 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11657
Unique identifier
UC130094
Legacy Identifier
CHS-826.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.7 in × 12.7 in at 300dpi
42.4 cm × 32.4 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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