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Title
Portrait of stagecoach driver, Hank Munk (Monk?)
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 portrait of stagecoach driver, Hank Munk (Monk?), [s.d.]. He is visible from the lap up, and he is sitting turned slightly to the left. His short hair is parted on his left, while his left hand can be seen grasping the upper portion of the lapel of his jacket. His right hand rests in his lap. He can be seen wearing a vest, shirt and tie. Munk was the driver who gave Horace Greeley his famous ride into Hangtown.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13754
USC-1-1-1-13909 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2916
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13754
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2916.jpg
Subject
Coach drivers
Munk, Hank
Place
California
USA
Source
1-155-; 1-90-439 [Microfiche number]
2916 [Accession number]
CHS-2916 [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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