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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of three men on two small outboard-tiller boats at Empire Flats landing (Eagle Landing) in the Colorado River, ca.1900. The large one-story house with a wraparound porch in the left background belongs to the Empire Copper Company. Five large wooden beams lay at left on the grassy sloping bank. Tall trees shade the general area.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w 17 x 22 cm., 21 x 26 cm., 16 x 22 cm. glass plate negatives photographic prints photographs
Boats and boating Rivers Transportation--Water--Small boats and outboards General Subjects--Transportation--Water Transportation--Water--Small outboard boats
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California USA rivers: Colorado River
Source
1-61- [Microfiche number] 3413 [Accession number] CHS-3413 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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