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Title
People at a funeral in the desert
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 people at a funeral in the desert, [s.d.]. A man wearing a suit can be seen standing in front of a wooden cross stuck in the sand at center. A director's style chair and what appears to be a piano can be seen in front of the cross, while a few dozen men and women can be seen standing at left and at right. The women wear coats, while the men wear suits and hold their hats in their hands. Mountains are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22670 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-47705
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22670
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-47705.jpg
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Deserts
Place
California
USA
Source
47705 [Accession number]
CHS-47705 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: FUNE-64 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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