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Title
Portrait of Judge Erskine M. Ross, after 1868
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
after 1868
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 portrait of an engraving of Judge Erskine M. Ross, after 1868. He can be seen from the chest up in an oval. He can be seen wearing a dark buttoned-up jacket, light-colored shirt and bow tie. He has a large walrus moustache. His short straight dark hair is parted on the left, and he is turned slightly to the left. A caption at the bottom reads: "E.M. Ross". Ross came to Los Angeles in 1868 with $68.50 in his pocket. Together with his uncle Captain C.E. Tom, they founded Glendale. They were both Confederate Officers.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m17202
USC-1-1-1-13945 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4868
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17202
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4868.jpg
Subject
Judges
Portraits--R
Ross, Erskine M., Judge
Portraits--Glendale
Place
California
Glendale
Los Angeles
USA
after 1868
Source
4868 [Accession number]
CHS-4868 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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