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Title
Portrait of Merced Alvarado Jenson, ca.1888
Creator
Bertrand
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1888
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 Merced Alvarado Jenson, ca.1888. Ms. Jenson is shown from her upper torso to her head and is looking slightly to the right with her shoulders facing straight ahead. She is wearing a black dress with black lace decorations at center. She has a silver pin on her collar, while her long dark hair is tied behind her head. She has large round earrings. She was the daughter of Juana Maria Avila and Don Francisco Alvarado.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm., 18 x 13 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m19294
USC-1-1-1-13869 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11121
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19294
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11121.jpg
Subject
Jensen, Merced Alvarado
Portraits--J
Women
Time Period
circa 1888
Place
California
USA
Source
11121 [Accession number]
CHS-11121 [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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