Mule team and loaded ore wagons at stamp mill in desert, ca.1890-1892

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Photograph of two loaded ore wagons pulled up in front of stamp mill; stacks of ore bags in foreground, ca.1890-1892. About 10 men are sitting on or standing around the wagons. A couple of wooden structures -- part of the mill -- are visible behind. Mojave Desert (?)

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Title Mule team and loaded ore wagons at stamp mill in desert, ca.1890-1892

Subject Deserts (lcsh), Freight and freightage (lcsh), mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Miners (file heading), Muleteers (lcsh), Teamsters (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), deserts: Mojave Desert (geographic subject), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1890/1892-03-05

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 1890/1892-03-05

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-m2747

Identifier 1592 (accession number), CHS-1592 (call number), CHS-1592 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3646 (legacy record id), chs-m2747 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2813 (legacy record id), 1-111-14 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3646

Unique identifier UC120784

Legacy Identifier CHS-1592.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.2 cm × 32.9 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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