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 portrait of Stephen Clark Foster, ca.1860-1870. He can be seen from the waist up facing to the left. He has a full beard and head of hair, and can be seen seated with both hands on his lap. He is wearing a coat. Foster, born in East Machiest, Maine, 17 December 1820, came to California as interpreter for Mormon Battalion in 1847. He was for many years one of the most prominent citizens of Los Angeles holding many offices including Mayor (he was the first mayor of Los Angeles after California became a state) and Superintendent of Schools. He died in Los Angeles, 28 December 1898.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegative, photoprints, b&w 25 x 20 cm., 26 x 21 cm., 21 x 18 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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