California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Doctor George Wharton James riding a burro on a trip to the Colorado River, ca.1900

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Doctor George Wharton James riding a burro on a trip to the Colorado River, ca.1900

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Photograph of Doctor George Wharton James riding a burro on a trip to the Colorado River, ca.1900. He is writing on a pad of paper. He has a long beard and broad brimmed hat. He and the burro face to the left. The surrounding terrain is spotted with scrub brush.

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Title Doctor George Wharton James riding a burro on a trip to the Colorado River, ca.1900

Subject Deserts (lcsh), Deserts (adlf), Donkeys (lcsh), James, George Wharton, 1858-1923 (naf), Photographers (lcsh), Photographers -- General (subject), Portraits -- James, Dr. George Wharton (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 21 cm., 10 x 13 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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 1900

Creator Buskirk, Van (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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10583

Identifier 4298 (accession number), CHS-4298 (call number), CHS-4298 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-13726 (legacy record id), chs-m10583 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 13726

Unique identifier UC143482

Legacy Identifier CHS-4298.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 12.9 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 32.8 cm at 300dpi

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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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