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Title
The cross on a hill overlooking the ranch at Camulos, 1904
Creator
Thresher, George P
Date Created and/or Issued
1904
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 the cross on a hill overlooking, from the northeast, the adobe ranch at Camulos which is said to have been the home of Ramona, made famous in the book of the same name by Helen Hunt Jackson. Brush dots the hill on which the cross stands at left. The ranch and an orchard are visible in the distance at right. The valley floor and mountain ranges beyond are in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : transparency, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16393 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3815
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16393
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3815.jpg
Subject
Indians of North America
Fiction
Books
Ranches
Crosses
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885
Ramona
Agricultural sites
Time Period
1904
Place
California
USA
Ventura
Source
1-188- [Microfiche number]
3815 [Accession number]
CHS-3815 [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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