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Title
Drawing by Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1860/1865
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
Photograph of a drawing by Edward Vischer of a campsite with camels above the Carson Plains, Nevada, ca.1860-1865. Caption: "24. Deschent to Carson Valley. Bactrian camels brought over teh Sierra Nevada [mountains]. Encampment in sight of the desert." A small group of camels, horses and men rest near a small tent erected beside a pile of barrels and other supplies. Two covered wagons traverse the desert in the distance. Similar to CHS-4920.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m17232
USC-1-1-1-14044 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-9572
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17232
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-9572.jpg
Subject
Art--Vischer, Edward
Camels
Tents
Camping
Nevada--General
Camps
Time Period
circa 1860/1865
Place
Lyon
Nevada
USA
Source
9572 [Accession number]
CHS-9572 [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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