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Title
[Photograph of nine men with surveying equipment posed in front of a tent]
Creator
Smith, Charles T., (Photographer)
Contributor
Turner, Steve (Art dealer)
Date Created and/or Issued
1870?
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
Steve Turner Collection of African-Americana
Rights Information
Public domain
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be used without prior permission.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Description
Outdoor scene showing nine men posing in front of the entrance to a tent. Surveying equipment on tripods can be seen. An African American man stands in the far right of the image.
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
Still image
Photographer name from verso of mount: "Charles T. Smith, photographer. Topeka, Kansas."
Title devised by cataloger.
Topeka, Kansas
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : print on card mount ; 7 x 11 cm (carte de visite format)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb69373884
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Nineteenth century
African Americans
Photographs
Surveyors
Topeka (Kan.)
Place
Topeka (Kan.)

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