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
Photographic portrait of Bosco, teamster for the survey of the Los Angeles Aqueduct Railroad, holding two rattlesnakes, 1907. The man is shown kneeling from his waist to his head and is holding two snakes by their tails near his head. He is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the collar unbuttoned, and a broad-brimmed hat can be seen on his head. A necklace with a metallic pendant hangs around his neck. Back of photoprint reads: "Survey at L.A. Aqueduct Railroad. We met and killed as many as 13 rattlers in one day. Bosco was our teamster."
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 14 x 9 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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