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Title
The painting "The Covered Wagon" by George Woodworth, ca.1850
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1850
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 painting "The Covered Wagon" by George Woodworth, ca.1850. A train of covered wagons drawn by oxen and horses is cutting through the prairie, flanked to either side by men on horseback. Mountains are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m11781
USC-1-1-1-11932 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6379
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11781
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6379.jpg
Subject
Pioneers
Wagons
Ox driving
Transportation--Draft--Wagon trains
Plains
Time Period
circa 1850
Place
USA
Source
6379 [Accession number]
CHS-6379 [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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