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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Borax Smith's mine at Borate or Harmony, California, ca.1890-1900
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Borax Smith's mine at Borate or Harmony, California, ca.1890-1900
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Description
Photograph of a Borax Smith's mine at Borate or Harmony, California, ca.1890-1900. A group of 8 men shovel ore in the foreground. A large wooden frame built against the side of the rocky slope supports a chute down which ore pours into wooden holding bins.
Asset Metadata
Title
Borax Smith's mine at Borate or Harmony, California, ca.1890-1900
Subject
Borax & Salt Industry
(subject),
Borax mines and mining
(lcsh),
Industry -- Borax (salt)
(subject),
mine sites
(adlf),
Mining
(subject),
Salt industry and trade
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
Borate
(city or populated place),
California
(states),
Harmony
(city or populated place),
historical sites: Deah Valley
(geographic subject),
Inyo
(counties),
San Bernardino
(counties),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1890/1900
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
(aacr2),
glass plate negatives
(format),
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
1890/1900
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-m15118
Identifier
1598 (
accession number
), CHS-1598 (
call number
), CHS-1598 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-13886 (
legacy record id
), chs-m15118 (
legacy record id
), 1-104-6 (
microfiche number
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
13886
Unique identifier
UC143503
Legacy Identifier
CHS-1598.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
16.9 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
42.9 cm × 32.8 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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