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Image / Drawing by Vischer of the Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada, ca.1863

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Title
Drawing by Vischer of the Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada, ca.1863
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1863
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 the Beckwourth Pass in the Sierra Nevada, ca.1863. Caption: "General view of Sierra Valley from Beckwourth Pass." Horses, people, a sledge and a wagon are near a small two-story building in the clearing absent of trees.
Type
image
Format
1 Photoprint : b&w
8 x 10 in.
drawings
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m17235 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4923
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17235
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4923.jpg
Subject
Art--Vischer, Edward
Vischer
Mountains
Wagons
Horses
Valleys
Time Period
circa 1863
Place
California
Plumas
USA
Source
1-189- [Microfiche number]
4923 [Accession number]
CHS-4923 [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
chs-m265

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