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Title
Man driving an 8-mule team transporting ore in two wagons in desert community, California, ca.1890-1892
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890/1892-03-05
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 driving an 8-Mule team hitched to two wagons loaded with ore-bags in a desert community near Mojave, probably in California, ca.1890-1892. Several low wooden buildings and a fenced in corral are visible in the background. A few people stand on the covered porch of a commercial building in the background. Mountains rise behind the settlement. Legible signs include: "Livery and feed yard".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2744
USC-1-1-1-2810 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1594
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2744
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1594.jpg
Subject
Deserts
Mines and mineral resources
Freight and freightage
Teamsters
Muleteers
Mining--Miners
Roadways
Time Period
circa 1890/1892-03-05
Place
California
USA
deserts: Mojave Desert
Source
1-111-16 [Microfiche number]
1594 [Accession number]
CHS-1594 [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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