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Title
Old man reading from a Bible in front of a cross at a funeral in the desert
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 an old man reading from a Bible in front of a cross at a funeral in the desert, [s.d.]. The man is visible wearing a suit, hat, and glasses, and holds the book with two hands. A wreath is attached to the wooden cross behind the man, while shrubs and mountains can be seen in the background.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
10 x 13 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
chs-m22650 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-47694
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m22650
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-47694.jpg
Subject
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Older men
Wreaths
Deserts
Place
California
USA
Source
47694 [Accession number]
CHS-47694 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: FUNE-53 [Identifying number]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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