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Statue of John William MacKay at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, ca.1930
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Statue of John William MacKay at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, ca.1930
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Photograph of the statue of John William MacKay at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, ca.1930. The statue depicting John William MacKay stands center on what appears to be a stone pedestal displaying a plaque. The figure stands with a mining tool in his left hand and another object in his right hand. The figure can be seen between two of the four columns that guard the large entrance directly behind them. The columns support the roof of the entrance that reeds "The MacKay School of Mines" while trees shade the walls of brick to either side.; Picture file card reads "Reno, Nevada. At the university of Nevada in front of the mining building stands the statue of John William MacKay, 1831-1902. MacKay was one of the prominent mine owners of the Comstock Lode at Virginia City. A good deal of his wealth went into building the Postal Telegraph Company. The statue was erected in 1908".
Asset Metadata
Title
Statue of John William MacKay at the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada, ca.1930
Subject
educational facilities
(adlf),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- General
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Nevada
(states),
Reno
(city or populated place),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1930
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
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
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Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m20813
Identifier
20376 (
accession number
), CHS-20376 (
call number
), CHS-20376 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-24853 (
legacy record id
), chs-m20813 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14215 (
legacy record id
), 1-113-54 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
24853
Unique identifier
UC130929
Legacy Identifier
CHS-20376.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
20.5 in × 16.1 in at 300dpi
52.2 cm × 40.9 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
Linked assets
Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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