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Title
Inside the Yellow Aster Saloon, Randsburg, California, ca.1900
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
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 the interior of the Yellow Aster Saloon (a tent structure), Randsburg, California, ca.1900. Four men sit around a table playing cards (right foreground). Several people are gathered around one end of a bar (left), including two children sitting on the bar. A barber is set up in the corner with the tools of his trade. Legible signs include: "Pabst Bohemian", "Wagon covers, awnings, made by hand or machine, tents for rent, [...] all kinds [...] of canvas, 136 S. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal.", calendar by "Elcelsior Soda Works [...] Los Angeles, Cal.", "Pabst B Milwaukee", ..."ill[...]e the Barbi"....
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m11415
USC-1-1-1-11565 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1798
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m11415
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1798.jpg
Subject
Gambling
Hotels, taverns, etc
Recreation--Gambling
Yellow Aster Saloon
Saloons
Mining, Southern
Recreational facilities
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Kern
Randsburg
USA
Source
1-156-; 1-111-26 [Microfiche number]
1798 [Accession number]
CHS-1798 [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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