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Title
Placer miner on the Colorado River near Lees Ferry, ca.1930
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
1925/1935
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 (close-up) of a placer miner on the Colorado River near Lees Ferry, ca.1930. The miner squats on small stones in the shallow water dipping a pan into the river. He has a moustache and short beard and wears a long-sleeved shirt, pants, shoes, and a worn hat.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photonegative,, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm., 25 x 20 cm.
glass plate negatives
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17021
USC-1-1-1-14113
USC-1-1-1-14262 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4707
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17021
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4707.jpg
Subject
Parks--Grand Canyon--Colorado River--Marble Canyon
Mining--Miners
Parks
Canyons
Rivers
Time Period
1925/1935
Place
USA
rivers: Colorado River
Source
1-111-38 [Microfiche number]
4707 [Accession number]
CHS-4707 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: James-704 [Identifying number]
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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