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Title
Portrait of the photographer George Wharton James, ca.1890-1905
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890/1905
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photographic portrait of the photographer George Wharton James, ca.1890-1905. He can be seen sitting looking straight ahead with his body is turned slightly to the left. He has dark wavy hair combed up and back from his face and a long dark beard with a mustache. He is wearing a buttoned double-breasted overcoat, and is probably in his 30's or 40's. Taken in a studio on a neutral background. James lived from 1858-1923.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 13 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16518 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3994
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16518
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3994.jpg
Subject
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Men
Photographers
Time Period
circa 1890/1905
Place
California
USA
Source
3994 [Accession number]
CHS-3994 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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