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Title
Portrait of six famous pioneer scouts, ca.1927
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1927
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 six famous pioneer scouts, ca.1927. Six men are pictured in two rows, dressed in suits and hats. The three men in the front row are seated and include from left to right: Captain North, Pawnee Bill, and Diamond Dick. In the back row Deadwood Dick, Evil Spirit and Idaho Bill (B.R. Pearson), are also picture from left to right. Idaho Bill is pictured with a beard and a wild mane of long hair. He also wears flamboyant boots that he has tucked his suit slacks into. Handwriting appears at the bottom of the image, identifying several of the men.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11778
USC-1-1-1-11929
USC-1-1-1-13307 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7803
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11778
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7803.jpg
Subject
Deadwood Dick
Evil Spirit
Idaho Bill (Pearson, B. R.)
Captain North
Dr. Frank Carver
Pawnee Bill
Diamond Dick
Pioneers
Scouts and scouting
Portraits--Group--Occupations
Transportation--Draft--Scouts
Time Period
circa 1927
Place
California
USA
Source
1-156- [Microfiche number]
7803 [Accession number]
CHS-7803 [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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