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Title
"Facilis decensus Apruit." Facile Dicsensus [sic] [Clarence King mountain climbing, making rope descent of rock wall]
Creator
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, Photographer
Contributor
O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, Photographer
Russell, Andrew J., Photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
[1869]
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, Phone: (510) 642-6481, Fax: (510) 642-7589, Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu, URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Ashburner (William) Collection of Photographs from the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel
Rights Information
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Description
Formerly bound in Volume 2.
Attributed to Andrew J. Russell.
Identification from ms. list: Mountain climbing. Identification from another copy or source: Facile decensus Clarence King. [GEH.] An alternate reading beginning "Facilis ascensus" has also been suggested, but the original pencil caption has been obscured by later ink, making an accurate transcription difficult.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : albumen print on mount ; print 28.1 x 22.6 cm.
Form/Genre
Albumen prints
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0007r8g3k
BANC PIC 1957.027:077--ffALB VAULT
Subject
United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel (1867-1881)
Place
West (U.S.)
Discovery and exploration
Pictorial works

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