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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a burial sites in the old cemetery at Calico, San Bernardino County, 1880-1920. The graves are covered in stones. A gazeebo-like structure is visible in the background. Small mountains (or hills) are visible in the background. Picture file card reads: "Most of these headboards have dates of the 1880's. The most recent date that we found was 1896. All the graves are covered with heavy stones. This was to prevent digging by coyotes." -- Puck.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w 21 x 26 cm. transparencies photographs
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