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Title
George Wharton James at his desk with a small bird, "Scraggles", perched on his finger, ca.1890-1905
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 George Wharton James sitting at his desk with a small bird, "Scraggles", perched on his finger, ca.1890-1905. The bearded James is taking notes. Various office implements (scissors, ink? bottle, pen) lay on the desk. A row of books occupies the back of the desk. James was a prolific writer, lecturer, and booster of Southern California. James lived from 1858 to 1923.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprints, b&w
16 x 21 cm., 17 x 22 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m16824 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-4484
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m16824
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-4484.jpg
Subject
Birds
Desks
Authors
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Portraits--James, Dr. George Wharton
Residential sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
USA
Source
1-90-302 [Microfiche number]
4484 [Accession number]
CHS-4484 [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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