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Title
Desert prospector and his pack burro in the desert en route to the Peg Leg Smith Mine, Superstition Mountains, 1904
Date Created and/or Issued
1904-12
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 desert prospector and his pack burro in the desert en route to the Peg Leg Smith Mine, Superstition Mountains, 1904. Scrub brush is the sole vegetation in the sandy landscape.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8143
USC-1-1-1-8274
USC-1-1-1-14117 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1976
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8143
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1976.jpg
Subject
Deserts
Mines and mineral resources
Donkeys
Riverside County--General--Desert views
Mining--Pack burros
Time Period
1904-12
Place
California
Palm Springs
Riverside
USA
Source
1-111-32 [Microfiche number]
1976 [Accession number]
CHS-1976 [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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