One-cell jail in Hornitos, with man, ca.1930

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Photograph of the one-cell jail in Hornitos, ca.1930. An equilateral stone building is pictured at center, a man leaning his arm at the edge of the single door, which appears to be open. The roof appears to be made of wood and corrugated tin, and its relation to the main structure is reminscent of a Greek Revival style of architecture. Rolling, shrub-dappled hills are visible in the background.; "History says that a Chinese prisoner was hung inside the jail by lynchers who passed a rope through the window to the crowd outside".

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Title One-cell jail in Hornitos, with man, ca.1930

Subject correctional facilities (adlf), Industry -- Mining -- Mariposa County -- Hornitos (file heading), Jails (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Hornitos (city or populated place), Mariposa (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1930

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 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 1930

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-m20045

Identifier 20255 (accession number), CHS-20255 (call number), CHS-20255 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19862 (legacy record id), chs-m20045 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14157 (legacy record id), 1-112-119 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19862

Unique identifier UC121783

Legacy Identifier CHS-20255.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.1 in × 15.4 in at 300dpi
48.6 cm × 39.2 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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