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Title
Painting by Edward Vischer depicting "The California Method" of killing cattle on the ranch, before 1875
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1849/1874
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 by Edward Vischer depicting "The California Method" of killing cattle on the ranch, before 1875. Two cowboys on horseback have roped the steer by its hind legs and horns, respectively and have stretched it immobile so that the third cowboy, at center, is able to safely slit the throat of the bull with the knife he holds. A fourth ranch hand is visible on horseback in the distance while children, an unsaddled horse, and other men stand to his sides to the right of a small adobe house. To the right, yet more people stand beneath a tree in the center distance, or along the post-and-rail fence of a corral. The text underneath the image identifies the procedure as well as the fact that the steer was intended for hides and tallow. The text also reads "Matanza" to the right. Vischer's signature, which usually appears in the bottom right corner of a drawing or painting, does not appear on the image.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : transparency, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m9661
USC-1-1-1-9800
USC-1-1-1-13140 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7245
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9661
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7245.jpg
Subject
Animals--Cattle
Cattle
Ranches
Cattle trade
Vischer, Edward
Agricultural sites
Time Period
1849/1874
Place
California
USA
Source
1-78-23 [Microfiche number]
7245 [Accession number]
CHS-7245 [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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