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Title
Drum Barracks Warehouse with Camel in front, ca.1865
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1865
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 U.S. Army Headquarters at Wilmington. A stands in front of the drum barracks ready for loading for trip to Arizona fort. The building is of wood and has two large doors big enough for moving large size goods in and out. In front of the building is a camel with two humps, a man holding the reins of a horse, and a front yard. The building also has an covered porch for a porton of the way. Off to the side, a group of men stand, some of which may be in uniform. It appears that another building is pictured along side the warehouse. It has the same style porch.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 13 x 18 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m1025
USC-1-1-1-1058 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2820
CHS-2820a
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m1025
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2820.jpg
Subject
Animals--Camels
Los Angeles--San Pedro and Wilmington--Miscellaneous
Military
Camels
Buildings
Time Period
circa 1865
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Wilmington
San Pedro
Source
2820 [Accession number]
CHS-2820 [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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