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Title
Man in a cavalry uniform driving a pick into the sand
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
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 man in a cavalry uniform driving a pick into the sand, [s.d.]. At center, a man rests on his knees, and holds a pickaxe loosely in both hands, it's blade sunken into the ground at left. Just in front of him, a metal pan can be seen half-submerged in earth. Scrub vegetation fills the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photonegative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22583 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-49154
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22583
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-49154.jpg
Subject
Men
Deserts
Place
California
USA
Source
49154 [Accession number]
CHS-49154 [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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