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Title
Adam Harmer, first Superintendent of the Petrified Forest of Arizona, standing on a tree bridge, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 Adam Harmer, first Superintendent of the Petrified Forest of Arizona, standing on a petrified tree bridge, ca.1900. His right arm is uplifted. He wears a hat and simple coat. He stands on a thick petrified log over a small ravine. Other smaller living trees grow below the petrified tree. In the extreme foreground, large tree branches and rocks are visible. Lines of trees can be seen in the extreme background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14988
USC-1-1-1-14226 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1299
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14988
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1299.jpg
Subject
Deserts
Petrified forests--Arizona
Harmer, Adam
Natural features--Parks--Arizona--Petrified Forest
Petrified forests
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
Arizona
USA
parks: Petrified Forest
Source
1-87-5 [Microfiche number]
1299 [Accession number]
CHS-1299 [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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