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Title
George Hansen, "Father of Anaheim" [graphic]
Alternative Title
Digital Anaheim
Contributing Institution
Anaheim Public Library
Collection
Anaheim Public Library photograph collection on Anaheim local history
Rights Information
Property rights reside with the Anaheim Public Library. Literary rights are generally retained by the creators of the records and their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce, please contact the Local History Curator.
Description
Accession number: P457
Duplicate of accession number P7044
Photograph donated by Alfred Solano.
Oval portrait of George Hansen, "Father of Anaheim," civil engineer and surveyor, who arrived in Los Angeles in 1853, borrowed $100 to purchase surveying equipment with which he subsequently surveyed much of Los Angeles County and laid out the townsite of Anaheim; image shows three-quarter turned bust view of Mr. Hansen, with goatee, wearing a dark jacket and vest, white shirt and dark bow-tie.
Type
image
Format
1 Photographic print : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
4 Photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
1 Photographic print (original): sepia ; 2 1/2 x 4 in.
2 Negatives : 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
1 Negative : 3 1/2 x 4 in.
2 Negatives : 4 x 5 in.
Form/Genre
Photographic print
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt758020n1
Subject
Hansen, George--1824-1897
Los Angeles Vineyard Society
Portraits
Surveyors--California
Anaheim (Calif.)--History
Anaheim (Calif.)--Photographs
Place
Surveyors
California.
Anaheim (Calif.)
History
Photographs

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