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Title
Hobo riding the rails, ca.1920
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920
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 hobo riding the rails, ca.1920. He is sitting on the brake-beam of a train car. He is wearing a hat, jacket and trousers. His feet appear to be stockinged. He has a dark handlebar moustache. He lays nearly supine wedged into a small area.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
13 x 10 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m13223
USC-1-1-1-13376 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-3862
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13223
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-3862.jpg
Subject
Itinerants
Tramps
Homeless persons
Railroads
Railroad features
Time Period
circa 1920
Place
California
USA
Source
1-156- [Microfiche number]
3862 [Accession number]
CHS-3862 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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