Scenic view of the Mojave Desert and Providence Mountain from Bagdad Mine (the Chase Mill Site), Riverside, ca.1903

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Photograph of a scenic view of the Mojave Desert and Providence Mountain from Bagdad Mine (the Chase Mill Site), Riverside, ca.1903. Several shacks and houses are scattered across the desert land (lower right and upper left). Nearby the closest mining community are several mining contraptions (lower right and lower left). Short mountains (or plateaus) can be seen throughout the landscape. More mountainous areas can be seen in the distance. Shrubs and bushes dot the land.

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Title Scenic view of the Mojave Desert and Providence Mountain from Bagdad Mine (the Chase Mill Site), Riverside, ca.1903

Subject Bagdad Mine (subject), Deserts (lcsh), Deserts (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Mojave Desert mines (file heading), Riverside County -- General -- Desert views (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Riverside (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1903

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 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 1903

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 Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7895

Identifier 5231 (accession number), CHS-5231 (call number), CHS-5231 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-8126 (legacy record id), chs-m7895 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14115 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-8022 (legacy record id), 1-111- (microfiche number), 1-81-78 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 8126

Unique identifier UC125336

Legacy Identifier CHS-5231.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.5 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 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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