Portrait of Benjamin D. "Don Benito" Wilson, former Mayor of Los Angeles, [s.d.]

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Photographic portrait of Benjamin D. "Don Benito" Wilson, former Mayor of Los Angeles, [s.d.]. The bust of Wilson is shown in an oval frame facing straight ahead. His shoulders are slightly turned to the left. He wears an open jacket, vest and what appears to be a bowtie. He is balding at the top of his head, and is clean-shaven. According to the picture file card, Wilson was the grandfather of United States General George S. Patton.

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Title Portrait of Benjamin D. "Don Benito" Wilson, former Mayor of Los Angeles, [s.d.]

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Subject Men (lcsh), Wilson (file heading), Wilson, Benjamin D. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 13 cm., 22 x 17 cm. (aacr2), 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)

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-m17829

Identifier 6468 (accession number), CHS-6468 (call number), CHS-6468 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17813 (legacy record id), chs-m17829 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13994 (legacy record id), 1-37-230 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17813

Unique identifier UC113217

Legacy Identifier CHS-6468.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.5 in × 17.8 in at 300dpi
34.2 cm × 45.4 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

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