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Title
Portrait of Kit Carson, ca.1850
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1850
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 portrait of Kit Carson, ca.1850. He can be seen from the chest up and is turned slightly to the left. He has a high hairline and a dark moustache. His hair is cut to the bottom of his ears and parted on the left. He is wearing a jacket, vest, white shirt, and bow tie. Photoprint reads: "Nolix Indian Scout".
Kit Carson was a noted Indian scout and guide of the southwest United States. He knew the trails and landmarks from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. He lived at the Indian Pueble of Taos, New Mexico from 1858 and died there in 1868 where his grave is a popular attraction.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photoprints, b&w
26 x 21 cm., 15 x 20 cm., 13 x 18 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13502
USC-1-1-1-13657 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3204
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13502
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3204.jpg
Subject
Carson, Kit
Men
Scouts and scouting
Portraits--Carson, Kit
Time Period
circa 1850
Place
California
USA
Source
1-70-102 [Microfiche number]
3204 [Accession number]
CHS-3204 [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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