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Title
Horse-drawn wagons hauling grain to depot, ca.1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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 train of wagon and 3 trailers of wheat-grain-filled sacks being hauled to depot at or near Chico, California, by a team of 12 horses, ca.1920. A stand of tall trees billow behind the train. The train is headed to the left. The flat ground in the foreground is barren.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11792
USC-1-1-1-11944 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1419
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11792
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1419.jpg
Subject
Draft animals
Horses
Wagons
Railroads--Stations
Transportation--Draft--Wagons
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
Butte
California
Chico
USA
Source
1-117-13 [Microfiche number]
1419 [Accession number]
CHS-1419 [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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