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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960
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Concentrators of the Karma Mining Company, Mojave Mining District, ca.1900
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Concentrators of the Karma Mining Company, Mojave Mining District, ca.1900
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Description
Photograph of concentrators of the Karma Mining Company, Mojave Mining District. About 4 concentrators are visible. They are located in a wooden building. They consist of a belt whose movement causes ore to concentrate. A wooden bin is located below each piece of equipment.
Asset Metadata
Title
Concentrators of the Karma Mining Company, Mojave Mining District, ca.1900
Subject
Deserts
(lcsh),
mine sites
(adlf),
Mines and mineral resources
(lcsh),
Mining -- Mojave Desert mines
(file heading),
Mining machinery
(lcsh)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
California
(states),
deserts: Mojave Desert
(geographic subject),
USA
(countries)
Temporal Subject
1900
Type
images
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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
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-m15432
Identifier
2414 (
accession number
), CHS-2414 (
call number
), CHS-2414 (
filename
), chs-m265 (
legacy collection record id
), chs-c65-14251 (
legacy record id
), chs-m15432 (
legacy record id
), USC-1-1-1-14115 (
legacy record id
), 1-111-52 (
microfiche number
), USC (
project
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
14251
Unique identifier
UC143863
Legacy Identifier
CHS-2414.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
19.1 in × 15.2 in at 300dpi
48.7 cm × 38.6 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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