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Title
Man pointing at a wooden cross at a funeral in the desert
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 pointing at a wooden cross at a funeral in the desert, [s.d.]. A few dozen men and women and two children can be seen standing around a wooden cross stuck in the sand. A circular wreath is attached to the cross. A man wearing suspenders can be seen to the right of the cross pointing up at it. A man wearing overalls can be seen holding his hat in one hand and is kneeling before the cross at left. The ground is composed of sand, and dunes are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22630 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-47689
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22630
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-47689.jpg
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Crosses
Deserts
Place
California
USA
Source
47689 [Accession number]
CHS-47689 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: FUNE-48 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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