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 "The last pull on the diamond hitch" -- two men packing a burro, ca.1898. One man, using his leftt foot and leg for leverage against the burro, tugs on a rope holding the pack to the burro. The other man adjusts the rope on the pack. They both wear jackets over their shirts, with trousers, and hats. The desert landscape rocky and arid. A rocky slope is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w 17 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
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