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Title
Three burros used on George Wharton James' and Carl Eytel's Colorado desert trip, showing Van Buskirk ca.1900
Creator
James, George Wharton
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 three burros used on George Wharton James' and Carl Eytel's Colorado desert trip, near the Salton Sea, ca.1900. Two are packed with supplies. The third is ridden by photographer Van Buskirk. Scrub brush sparsely dots the surrounding flat terrain.
Type
image
Format
4 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w
17 x 21 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9642
USC-1-1-1-9781
USC-1-1-1-10732 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4297
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9642
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4297.jpg
Subject
Animals--Burros
Photographers--General
Buskirk, Van
Mules
Donkeys
Photographers
Deserts
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
Source
1-76-17; 1-81-44 [Microfiche number]
4297 [Accession number]
CHS-4297 [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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