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Title
Carl Eytel and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the Butterfield Stage Road in the Colorado Desert, ca.1903
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1903
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 Carl Eytel (driving) and George Wharton James in a horse-drawn wagon on the old Butterfield Stage Road -- the first line across the North American continent -- near Indian Wells in the Colorado Desert, during preparation for their book "Wonders of the Colorado Desert". Eytel illustrated the book by James. -- description from a letter from Horace Parker, 11 January 1957.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m8139
USC-1-1-1-8270
USC-1-1-1-11954 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2280
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m8139
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2280.jpg
Subject
Butterfield Stage
Deserts
Photographers
Coaching
Roads
Eytel, Carl, 1862-1925
James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Riverside County--General--Desert views
Transportation--Draft--Stage coaches
Time Period
circa 1903
Place
California
Riverside
USA
Source
1-155-; 1-81-59 [Microfiche number]
2280 [Accession number]
CHS-2280 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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