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Title: [Dr. Harvey Willson Harkness]
Date Created and/or Issued: [18--]
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
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Description: Bust-length portrait.
1990-1651.
Harvey Harkness was born in Massachusetts in 1821. Came overland to California in 1849, settling first in Bidwell's Bar, where practiced medicine. Moved to Sacramento in 1850. Served as president of the local Board of Education, as president of the California Academy of Sciences. Upon retirement, pursued interest in Pacific Coast fungi, publishing articles and books on subject. Died in 1901.
Type: image
Format: Portraits.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 drawing on cardboard mount : charcoal, hand-col. ; oval image 23 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.
Identifier: (C)001490413CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Harkness, Harvey Willson,, 1821-1901--Portraits
Scottish Americans--California--Sacramento--Photographs
Pioneers--California--Sacramento
Physicians--California--Sacramento
Authors--California--Sacramento
Sacramento (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Portrait drawings
Charcoal drawings
Place: California
Sacramento
Sacramento (Calif.)

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