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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a painting by Carl Oscar Borg entitled "Commerce of the Pacific, the era of the Boston sailing ships", which depicts the trade of hides and tallow for silk, 1900. The back of the photoprint reads "For West Ways", likely referring to West Ways Magazine. The painting is set on the beach, and a team of oxen and men can be seen moving hides towards the water's edge, where they are being carried out to a waiting dinghy. A large three-masted ship is further out in the harbor. In the foreground, two men, one with a broad brimmed hat and the other holding a list, supervise the activity below them. In front of them are boxes and barrels, one of which bears the letters "XX".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w 26 x 21 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs art
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