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Title
Old vaquero on Olvera Street
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 an old vaquero on Olvera Street, [s.d.]. The man is standing at center and is wearing the traditional costume of a Mexican cowboy, including a broad-brimmed hat and embroidered vest and pants. A blanket is draped over his shoulder at right. He is supporting himself between two large poles. At right, several scraps of cloth hang over a metal tub, while at left, adobe stairs lead up to a wooden door.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22459 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49212
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22459
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49212.jpg
Subject
Mexican Americans
Cowboys
Buildings
Place
California
Los Angeles
Olvera Street
USA
Source
49212 [Accession number]
CHS-49212 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: STRT-86 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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