Portrait of Henry Mellus, former mayor of Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a portrait of Henry Mellus, former mayor of Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The portrait appears to be in disrepair, much of its paint seemingly scratched or eroded off, and pictures Mellus in bust. Mr. Mellus' long face, which looks directly at the viewer, appears ghostlike against the rest of his starkly outlined body. A cravat, button-down shirt and vest are visible underneath the coat of the man's suit. His hair is full and parted to the side. The bridge of his nose is long and flat. He came to California in the ship with Richard Dana.

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Title Portrait of Henry Mellus, former mayor of Los Angeles, [s.d.]

Subject Mellus, Henry (subject), Portrait painting, American (lcsh), Portraits -- Mellus (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), 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)

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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m4667

Identifier 7996 (accession number), CHS-7996 (call number), CHS-7996 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-5056 (legacy record id), chs-m4667 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13902 (legacy record id), 1-90-411 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 5056

Unique identifier UC127545

Legacy Identifier CHS-7996.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.0 in × 19.6 in at 300dpi
40.8 cm × 49.8 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

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