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Title
Portrait of passengers on the Boston to Springfield, Massachusets stage coach, ca.1876
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1871/1881
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
Photographic portrait of passengers on the Boston to Springfield, Massachusets stage coach, picturing Chester W. Chapin, President of Boston and Albany Railroad, and Charles Merriam, publisher of Webster's Dictionary, Boston, ca.1876. A footman attends one of the two frontmost horses of the coach at left, while thirteen passengers including the drivers are visible on top of the carriage to the right. Victorian-style homes with gingerbread roofing are visible along the street in the background behind trees and a painted, wrought-iron fence.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
19 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11827
USC-1-1-1-11979 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6984
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11827
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6984.jpg
Subject
Chapin, Chester W
Merriam, Charles
Boston to Springfield Coach
Horses
Coaching
Transportation--Draft--Stage coaches
Time Period
1871/1881
Place
Boston
Springfield
Massachusetts
USA
Source
1-155- [Microfiche number]
6984 [Accession number]
CHS-6984 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
J [Microfilm reel number]
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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