California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Portrait of George Lathrop, an early stage driver, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, 1897

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Portrait of George Lathrop, an early stage driver, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, 1897

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Photographic portrait of George Lathrop, an early stage driver, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, 1897. He can be seen sitting with his right leg crossed over his left facing straight ahead and slightly looking to the left. He is visible wearing a hat and leather gloves with fringes, and can be seen holding a horse whip. He has a bushy mustache. The original photograph(?) was presented to J.N. Cook.

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Title Portrait of George Lathrop, an early stage driver, Placerville, El Dorado County, California, 1897

Subject Coaching (lcsh), Lathrop, George (subject), Portraits -- La (file heading), Transportation -- Draft -- Stage coaches (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), El Dorado (counties), Placerville (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1897

Type images

Format 3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 25 x 20 cm., 17 x 22 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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 1897

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-m11798

Identifier 964 (accession number), CHS-964 (call number), CHS-964 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-11209 (legacy record id), chs-m11798 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-11950 (legacy record id), 1-155-8 (microfiche number), 1-90-342 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 11209

Unique identifier UC129811

Legacy Identifier CHS-964.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.1 in × 18.5 in at 300dpi
36.0 cm × 47.0 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

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

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