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Title
Cowboys tending to several herds of cattle, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
1895/1905
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 cowboys tending to several herds of cattle, ca.1900. A single cowboy mounted on his horse stands in the right foreground of the photo, while a second does the same in the centerground to the left, flanked to either side between two groups of cattle. More cattle are visible in the flatland in the distance. A rock formation can be seen coming in from outside the frame in the left foreground. Picture file card reads "Range horses.".
Type
image
Format
1 microfilm frame : negative, b&w
35 mm.
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
microfilms
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m9632
USC-1-1-1-9771 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-6943
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m9632
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-6943.jpg
Subject
Agriculture--Ranching--Cowboys
Cowboys
Horses
Cattle
Plains
Time Period
1895/1905
Place
USA
Source
1-156- [Microfiche number]
6943 [Accession number]
CHS-6943 [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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