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Title
Woman on horseback, standing on stump of big redwood tree in Mariposa Grove (Wawona Big Trees) in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 a woman on horseback, standing on the sawn-off stump of a big redwood tree in Mariposa Grove (Wawona Big Trees) in Yosemite National Park, California, ca.1900. She is wearing a hat, light blouse and long skirt and facing the right. At right is a huge tree with the placard "Gen. Sherida" attached to it. Behind her a bench is visible among the trees of the thick forest.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
22 x 17 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14907
USC-1-1-1-14280 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1148
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14907
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1148.jpg
Subject
Natural features--Parks--Yosemite--Mariposa Grove
Parks
Trees
Yosemite National Park
Mountains
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
Source
1-73-12 [Microfiche number]
1148 [Accession number]
CHS-1148 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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