Rusted locomotive at the Yellow Astor Mine in Randsburg, March, 1952

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Photograph of a rusted locomotive at the Yellow Astor Mine in Randsburg, March, 1952. The darkly-colored metal train stands center with lightly-colored rust spots on the top and around the windows. What appears to be a log lies below the train while a pile of weeds and sticks sits in front of the train on the left. Debris and piles of rocks can be seen in front of an electrical pole in the background on the left.

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Title Rusted locomotive at the Yellow Astor Mine in Randsburg, March, 1952

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Kern County -- Randsburg (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Kern (counties), Randsburg (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1952-03

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), 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 1952-03

Creator Lawrence, Richard (photographer)

Contributor Roff, Robert (donor)

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-m20659

Identifier 46183 (accession number), CHS-46183 (call number), CHS-46183 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-24622 (legacy record id), chs-m20659 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14149 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 24622

Unique identifier UC130391

Legacy Identifier CHS-46183.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.1 cm × 42.1 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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