A man with a pack horse in the mountains, ca.1930

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Photographic portrait of a man with a pack horse in the mountains, ca.1930. In the center, a man is standing on what seems to be the edge of a mountain, with one foot up on a rock. He is wearing a hat and a long-sleeved buttoned shirt over long trousers. He is holding a rope which is attached to one of the straps around the head of a horse behind him. The horse has heavy baggage on its back which is tied up by thick ropes. The foreground is filled with rocks with seem to be sitting on an elevated area. A panoramic view of mountains is observable in the background and trees are partially visible downhill.

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Title A man with a pack horse in the mountains, ca.1930

Subject Camping (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), Mountains (lcsh), Mountains (adlf), Recreation -- Camping (file heading), Trees (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 18 x 23 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1930

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-m11312

Identifier 42680 (accession number), CHS-42680 (call number), CHS-42680 (filename), chs-m825 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-10734 (legacy record id), chs-m11312 (legacy record id), USC-2-1-1-11462 (legacy record id), 84-1-2291 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 10734

Unique identifier UC118136

Legacy Identifier CHS-42680.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 14.7 in at 300dpi
47.3 cm × 37.4 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection 1890-1960

Description The more than 3,600 unique photographs of this collection document the Chamber's promotional efforts during the city's early years. In addition to stock photographs, there are pictures of the elaborate booths and displays that the Chamber prepared for use at state fairs and international trade shows. The photographic collection contains images showing the growth of important municipal enterprises, such as ground transportation systems, aviation, and shipping. In addition there are about 1,000 lantern slides in this collection -- not yet fully digitized.

Date Created 1860/1960

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