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Title
Man helping a boy put on skis at Big Pines mountain camp, ca.1940
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society Collection at Stanford
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 man helping a boy put on skis at Big Pines mountain camp, ca.1940.The boy stands in the center facing the left as the man helps slide his foot into a ski. The boy stands with his legs apart and puts his left hand on the man's light-colored hat. The man is crouched on the ground with his hands around the boy's feet. Behind them people of all ages can be seen scattered in the snow, some with ski gear, others without. In the distance, the hillside is covered with snow and lined with trees.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11571
USC-2-1-1-11721 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42904
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11571
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42904.jpg
Subject
Big Pines
Recreation--Skiing--Winter, water
Skiing
Snow
Children
Mountains
Time Period
circa 1940
Place
California
Los Angeles
USA
Source
42904 [Accession number]
84-1-255 [Microfiche number]
CHS-42904 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection, 1890-1960
USC
chs-m825

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