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Title
Portrait of pioneer stage driver B. B. Burch (Curley Dan), ca.1890
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890
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
Photographic portrait of pioneer stage driver B. B. Burch (Curley Dan), ca.1890. He was a pioneer stage driver of the El Dorado Company from Placerville to Truckee, and a companion of Hank Monk (Munk?). Burch wears a long fur coat and a cap. His hands are thrust into the pockets of the coat. His left elbow rests on the back of a wooden chair. He has a beard, mustache, and light curly hair.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
17 x 22 cm., 21 x 17 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11797
USC-1-1-1-11949
USC-1-1-1-13639 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2917
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11797
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2917.jpg
Subject
Burch, B.B. (Curley Dan)
El Dorado Company
Coaching
Pioneers
Clothing and dress
Portraits--Bu
Transportation--Draft--Stage coaches
Time Period
circa 1890
Place
California
USA
Source
1-155-; 1-70-92 [Microfiche number]
2917 [Accession number]
CHS-2917 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Garrett Calzorinos. El Dorado, p.92
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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