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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Three men standing on two wagons near a tank of water in Death Valley, ca.1900
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Three men standing on two wagons near a tank of water in Death Valley, ca.1900
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Photograph of three men standing on two wagons near a tank of water in Death Valley, ca.1900. The enormity of the tank and wagons dwarf the men who are lounging on it. The front wheels are smaller than the rear wheels on on all three hauling vehicles. The terrain is dry and rocky (foreground). Mountains are visible in the background.; Picture file card reads: "One of the 20 mule team sets. There were always 2 wagons and a water tank trailer because 20 mules take quite a drink. The freight wagon weigh 7,500 pounds each and each has a carrying capacity of 22,400 pounds, or a little over 11 tons."
Asset Metadata
Title
Three men standing on two wagons near a tank of water in Death Valley, ca.1900
Subject
Deserts
(adlf),
Draft animals
(lcsh),
Transportation -- Draft -- Wagons
(file heading),
Wagons
(lcsh),
Water-supply
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
deserts: Death Valley
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
(aacr2),
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
1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
(photographer),
Puck, Charles
(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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11791
Identifier
8646 (
accession number
), CHS-8646 (
call number
), CHS-8646 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-11202 (
legacy record id
), chs-m11791 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-11943 (
legacy record id
), 1-156- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
11202
Unique identifier
UC129168
Legacy Identifier
CHS-8646.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.0 in × 16.0 in at 300dpi
50.8 cm × 40.8 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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