California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Prospector in the desert with horse and two burros, 1880-1910

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Prospector in the desert with horse and two burros, 1880-1910

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Photograph of a prospector (Edward La Mamlarin (or Mamlain) who was raised in Calico, California) walking in the desert with a saddled horse and two pack donkeys, 1880-1910. Wooden cross-buck pack saddles with soft cargo lashed. They are following the ruts of a wagon. The flat landscape visible behind them is covered with scrub bush and scrub grass. In the distance is a hill at the base of which is a building. In the distant background are mountain ranges.

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Title Prospector in the desert with horse and two burros, 1880-1910

Subject Deserts (lcsh), Deserts (adlf), Donkeys (lcsh), Freight and freightage (lcsh), Horses (lcsh), La Mamlarin, Edward (raised in Calico, Calif.) (subject), Miners (lcsh), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Miners (file heading), Pack transportation (lcsh), Riverside County -- General -- Desert views (file heading), Transportation -- Draft -- Pack Trains (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Palm Springs (city or populated place), Riverside (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880/1910

Type images

Format 4 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 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 1880/1910

Creator Brickey (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-m2603

Identifier 1410 (accession number), CHS-1410 (call number), CHS-1410 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3516 (legacy record id), chs-m2603 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2665 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2817 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8273 (legacy record id), 1-111- (microfiche number), 1-81- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3516

Unique identifier UC120778

Legacy Identifier CHS-1410.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.2 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.7 cm × 32.8 cm at 300dpi

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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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