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Title
The cross on a hill overlooking the adobe ranch at Camulos, 1898
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1898
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 the cross on a hill overlooking the adobe ranch at Camulos, 1898. The ranch is said to have been the home of Ramona, made famous in the book of the same name by Helen Hunt Jackson. Wild flowers and brush grow around the base of the wooden cross at left. The ranch and an orchard are visible in the distance at right. The valley floor and mountain ranges beyond are in the background.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : transparency, photoprints, b&w
21 x 26 cm., 17 x 21 cm.
transparencies
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15645
USC-1-1-1-14072 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2926
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15645
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2926.jpg
Subject
Indians--Ramona--Subjects
Indians of North America
Fiction
Books
Ranches
Crosses
Jackson, Helen Hunt, 1830-1885
Ramona
Agricultural sites
Time Period
1898
Place
California
Camulos
USA
Ventura
Source
1-188- [Microfiche number]
2926 [Accession number]
CHS-2926 [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
Provenance
Miss Picher

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