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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Dr. George Wharton James and five others pulling themselves across the Colorado Chiquito River by cable ferry, ca.1900-1903
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Dr. George Wharton James and five others pulling themselves across the Colorado Chiquito River by cable ferry, ca.1900-1903
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Description
Photograph of Dr. George Wharton James and five (three men, two women) others pulling themselves across the Colorado Chiquito River (little Colorado River) by cable ferry, ca.1900-1903. Two covered wagons stand on the layered rocks in the background. The four men pull the slab of wood across a rope over the river while the women sit on the wood's edge.
Asset Metadata
Title
Dr. George Wharton James and five others pulling themselves across the Colorado Chiquito River by cable ferry, ca.1900-1903
Subject
Ferries
(lcsh),
Horses
(lcsh),
Indians -- Navajo
(file heading),
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
(naf),
Natural features -- Parks -- Grand Canyon -- Colorado River -- General views
(file heading),
rivers
(lcsh),
rivers
(adlf),
Transportation -- Water -- Ferries
(file heading),
Wagons
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
rivers: Colorado River
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900/1903
Type
images
Format
5 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 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
1900/1903
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12637
Identifier
1005 (
accession number
), CHS-1005 (
call number
), CHS-1005 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-12173 (
legacy record id
), chs-m12637 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-12791 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-13946 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14257 (
legacy record id
), 1-121-5 (
microfiche number
), 1-61- (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
12173
Unique identifier
UC131148
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1005.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.2 in × 15.6 in at 300dpi
51.5 cm × 39.7 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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