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Title
Painting of a Viking ship sitting in a harbor, photograph ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 painting of a Viking ship sitting in a harbor, ca.1900. The oars of the ship are depicted in the water while the sail is furled. A large stone church-like structure sits on the nearby shore with a few smaller humbler buildings in the left background, while two boulders and two low-flying birds are visible in the foreground.
Type
image
Format
1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w
35 mm.
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
16 x 21 cm.
paintings
microfilms
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m12735
USC-1-1-1-12887 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4875
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12735
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4875.jpg
Subject
Cristiania Norway Museum
Ships
Water Transportation
Photographs
Sailing ships
Vikings
Viking ships
Museums
Transportation--Water--Viking ships
Transportation features
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Norway
Source
1-21-20; 1-121-20 [Microfiche number]
4875 [Accession number]
CHS-4875 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
G [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265
Provenance
Christiana Museum, Oslo, Norway

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