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Title
Monument in Truckee dedicated to the Donner Party, depicting a pioneer family, 1830-1860 (ca.1980?)
Date Created and/or Issued
1830/1860
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 monument in Truckee dedicated to the Donner Party, depicting a pioneer family, 1830-1860 (ca.1980?). Three figures depicting a pioneer family adorn the top of a large pedestal that appears to be granite. The pedestal is shadowed by spruce trees on either side while boulders are evenly spaced in a line in front of the monument. The male figure of the monument looks away from mountains, which are in the background distance. The monument, dedicated to the family who perished here, was completed in June of 1918. A placard on the pedestal reads: "Virile to risk and find
kindly withal and a ready help. Facing the brunt of fate
indomitable, - unafraid".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m10190
USC-0-1-1-10332
USC-1-1-1-14173 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-20409
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m10190
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-20409.jpg
Subject
Mining--Placer County--General
Monuments
Donner Party
Time Period
1830/1860
Place
California
Placer
USA
Source
1-112-231 [Microfiche number]
20409 [Accession number]
CHS-20409 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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