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Title
John Hance's grave at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Puck, Charles
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1930
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 John Hance's grave at the Grand Canyon, Arizona, ca.1900-1930. Bronze tablet reads "Capt. John Hance-first locator of Grand Canyon. Arizona Pioneer, trailbuilder, and guide. Died January 6, 1919--aged 80 years." In the center of the gravesite, in the space demarcated by four tall stone markers roughly three to five feet high, a woman in a hat, jacket and skirt stands with her back to the camera. Forest and a post-and-rail fence are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
photographic prints
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14110
USC-1-1-1-14270
USC-1-1-1-14004 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6288
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14110
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6288.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Parks--Grand Canyon--Campers, hikers, prospectors
Arizona--General
Parks
Canyons
Cemeteries
Time Period
circa 1900/1930
Place
Arizona
USA
canyons: Grand Canyon
Source
1-91-49 [Microfiche number]
6288 [Accession number]
CHS-6288 [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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