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Title
Miner standing next to a pack mule in the desert looking toward Superstition Mountain from the south, ca.1910
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
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 miner standing next to a pack mule in the desert looking toward of Superstition Mountain in the distance from the south, ca.1910. Located south of the Salton Sea, it was the location of the Peg Leg Smith Mine. The landscape is barren and flat.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7044
USC-1-1-1-7159 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1988
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7044
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1988.jpg
Subject
Imperial County--General
Mountains
Deserts
Mules
Mines and mineral resources
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
California
Imperial
USA
Source
1-81-16 [Microfiche number]
1988 [Accession number]
CHS-1988 [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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