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Description
Photograph of a painting by Einar Corsten Petersen, depicting the "Arrival of the First Schoolteachers", ca.1860. A cowboy is pictured astride his horse in the right foreground, while a young woman in a frilly dress stands to the left, having just gotten out of the stage coach behind her. She holds a hatbox at her side. Two bags sit on the ground next to her on the left. A man in a suit and top hat stands behind her. The town and a few of its citizens are visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs art
Art--Peterson, Einar Art--Women Los Angeles--Schools--Intermediate and Grammar Schools Transportation--Draft--Stage coaches (Illustrations) Art Schools Teachers Coaching Horses Cowboys Cities
Time Period
1855/1865
Place
USA
Source
1-18- [Microfiche number] 7791 [Accession number] CHS-7791 [Call number] California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
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