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Title
"The Indian", a statue by Putnam on Presidio Hill in San Diego, ca.1880
Creator
Putnam, Arthur
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1880
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 the statue "The Indian" by Putnam on Presidio Hill in San Diego, ca.1880. A sculpture depicting a muscular Native American man leaning against a pillar of stone is pictured at center. In the background, a set of art-deco-style steps can be seen while trees and other plants can be seen in the background to the right. The plaque on the statue's pedestal reads "The Indian. By Arthur Putnam. Loaned San Diego Historical Society by E.W. Scripps Trust Estate. Robert P. Scripps, Trustee".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8722
USC-1-1-1-8854 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-12322
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8722
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-12322.jpg
Subject
San Diego County--San Diego--Old Town
Views
Statues
Monuments
Time Period
circa 1880
Place
California
San Diego
USA
Source
1-46- [Microfiche number]
12322 [Accession number]
CHS-12322 [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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